16 Trademarked brands That everyone uses as generic

Here Is the List of Brand Names that becomes generic

Zipper was one of the brand names that became generic

1.     Band-Aid
Trademarked by Johnson & Johnson, but widely used to describe  gauze with adhesive tape.

2.     Kleenex
Another corporate sob story. Pass me another Kleenex, will ya?

3.     Google (for search)
Enough said. Google it if you don’t believe me.

4.     Xerox (for photocopy)
There’s a losing battle if there ever was one. Everyone’s a copy cat now.

5.     Polaroid (for instant camera)
6.     Styrofoam (trademark of Dow)
7.     Ziploc (trademark of Dow)
8.     Scotch Tape (trademark of 3M)
9.     Chapstick (Wyeth)
10.   Jacuzzi
11.   Jet Ski (Kawasaki)
12.  Memory stick (Sony)
13.    Post-it (3M)
14.   Velcro
15.    Speedo
16.    Taser