{"id":6271,"date":"2023-07-03T18:41:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T18:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=6271"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:27:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:27:23","slug":"how-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/how-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing","title":{"rendered":"How to handle genericized trademarks in your writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Have you ever taken an aspirin or ridden an escalator? Did you put on your coat with a zipper and then sipped from a thermos? Did you know that these terms were all once registered trademarks? If a product becomes popular and widespread, it can become a standard term, and the general audience will forget about the company that once produced it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">We use generic trademarks in our daily speech or writing, and we usually won\u2019t think twice about them. But there can thorny legal and usage issues that arise from generic trademarks that are still legally protected. Learn what defines a trademark as being truly generic vs. colloquially generic and how can you avoid these issues when you use it in your writing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/How-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/How-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/How-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/How-to-handle-genericized-trademarks-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a pen dipped in ink\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a generic trademark? 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