I believe Band-Aid is still a valid trademark

I believe that Band-Aid is still a registered trademark of Johnson and Johnson as its packages clearly say "Band-Aid Brand Plastic Bandages"

• Original Message ----- From: "pgarvey" <pgarvey13[_at_]yahoo.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 4:39 PM Subject: Re: Brand Names Used Generically

> The word you are looking for is generic or
> Comsequence of Improper Use. Terms that were once
> Trademarks that have become generic due to over usage.
> Here are a few more trademarks that have become
> generic terms;
>
> 1) Murphy Bed
> 2) Band Aid
> 3) Aspirin
> 4) Yo Yo
> 5) Raisin Bran
>
> * Xerox is still a trademark (Not generic yet)
>
>
>
> --- Doni Gauronski <doni[_at_]citrus.ucr.edu> wrote:
> > I'm searching for a *word* which appropriately
> > describes usage of brand
> > names which have become generic with common use
> > after a period of time. Two
> > examples of these brand names are 'Kleenex' and
> > 'Xerox'.
> >
> > Any help on this matter would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Doni Gauronski
> > Univ. of California, Riverside (UCR)
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