I'm not sure, but didn't the Company that makes Band-Aid brand bandages have to change their labeling from just Band-Aid to Band-Aid Brand Bandages? Isn't there a precedent for losing the rights to a term you invented if that term enters the lexicon as a generic description of the product?
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I'm not sure, but didn't the Company that makes Band-Aid brand bandages have to change their labeling from just Band-Aid to Band-Aid Brand Bandages? Isn't there a precedent for losing the rights to a term you invented if that term enters the lexicon as a generic description of the product?