TheTangoCBC: Kleenex maker says famous tissues to be wiped out of Canada soon, citing 'unique complexities'
It’s called a genericized trademark. There’s plenty, including aspirin and heroin.
It’s also common to call these Kleenex in the US.
Xerox, linoleum
What’s the generic for linoleum? I wasn’t aware that this was a brand name
cyanarchyI had to look this up. The inventor never trademarked the name and it was used by a competitor almost immediately. He lost a lawsuit over linoleum becoming a generic term 14 years after it’s invention. There were other brand names but linoleum became a generic term almost as soon as the product was widespread.