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ge·ner·ic /jə-'ner-ik/ adj1: common or descriptive and not entitled to trademark protection: nonproprietarythe generic name of a drug2: having a nonproprietary namegeneric drugs
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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applicable to a class, blanket, broad, collective, common, comprehensive, general, indeterminate, inexact, nonexclusive, nonspecific, not particular, not special, sweeping, universal, unspecified, wide
associated concepts: generic name, trade name, trademark
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broad, omnibus, unspecified
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj.General, not specific; covering a whole class of things.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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In trademark law, the status of a word or symbol commonly used to describe an entire type of product or service rather than to distinguish one product or service from another. An example is "raisin bran," used by several manufacturers of breakfast cereals to describe their products. Generic terms can never receive trademark protection because they don't serve the basic function of trademarks to distinguish goods and services in the marketplace. (See also: genericide)Category: Patent, Copyright & Trademark → Trademark Law
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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adj. In trademark law, a term or phrase that is merely descriptive and cannot be trademarked; with pharmaceuticals or other products, a non-trade-marked equivalent offered in competition against a brand-name product.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Generic — means pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific members of the group. It may refer to:* Generic mood, a grammatical mood used to make generalized statements like Snow is white * Generic antecedents, referents in… … Wikipedia
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generic — or generic term [jə ner′ik] adj. [ML genericus: see GENUS & IC] 1. of, applied to, or referring to a whole kind, class, or group; inclusive or general 2. without a brand name 3. without individual character or distinctive characteristics 4 … English World dictionary
generic — 1670s, belonging to a large group of objects, formed in English from L. gener , stem of genus kind (see GENUS (Cf. genus)) + IC (Cf. ic). Sense of not special, not brand name; in plain, cheap packaging, of groceries, etc., is from 1977 … Etymology dictionary
generic — general, *universal, common Analogous words: typical, *regular, normal: specific (see SPECIAL) Contrasted words: individual, peculiar, distinctive, Characteristic: particular, individual, *special … New Dictionary of Synonyms
generic — [adj] common, general all encompassing, blanket, collective, comprehensive, inclusive, nonexclusive, sweeping, universal, wide; concept 530 Ant. exclusive, individual, particular, specific … New thesaurus
generic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) referring to a class or group; not specific. 2) (of goods) having no brand name. 3) Biology relating to a genus. DERIVATIVES generically adverb. ORIGIN from Latin genus stock, race … English terms dictionary
Generic — Refers to the characteristics and/or experience of the total universe of a coupon of MBS sector type; that is, in contrast to a specific pool or collateral group, as in a specific CMO issue. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * generic… … Financial and business terms
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