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PRONUNCIATION OF GENERICNESS

genericness  [dʒɪˈnɛrɪknəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GENERICNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Genericness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GENERICNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trademark distinctiveness

Trademark distinctiveness is an important concept in the law governing trademarks and service marks. A trademark may be eligible for registration, or registrable, if it performs the essential trademark function, and has distinctive character. Registrability can be understood as a continuum, with "inherently distinctive" marks at one end, "generic" and "descriptive" marks with no distinctive character at the other end, and "suggestive" and "arbitrary" marks lying between these two points. "Descriptive" marks must acquire distinctiveness through secondary meaning - consumers have come to recognize the mark as a source indicator - to be protectable. "Generic" terms are used to refer to the product or service itself and cannot be used as trademarks.

Definition of genericness in the English dictionary

The definition of genericness in the dictionary is generic properties.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GENERICNESS


alikeness
əˈlaɪknəs
brainsickness
ˈbreɪnˌsɪknəs
carsickness
ˈkɑːˌsɪknəs
causticness
ˈkɔːstɪknəs
childlikeness
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪknəs
Christlikeness
ˈkraɪstˌlaɪknəs
elasticness
ɪˈlæstɪknəs
exoticness
ɪɡˈzɒtɪknəs
franticness
ˈfræntɪknəs
giganticness
dʒaɪˈɡæntɪknəs
heartsickness
ˈhɑːtˌsɪknəs
impoliticness
ɪmˈpɒlɪtɪknəs
opaqueness
əʊˈpeɪknəs
phlegmaticness
flɛɡˈmætɪknəs
phreneticness
frɪˈnɛtɪknəs
prosaicness
prəʊˈzeɪɪknəs
publicness
ˈpʌblɪknəs
travel-sickness
ˈtrævəlˌsɪknəs
unlikeness
ʌnˈlaɪknəs
warlikeness
ˈwɔːˌlaɪknəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GENERICNESS

generational
generationally
generationism
generative
generative grammar
generative semantics
generator
generatrices
generatrix
generic
generic drug
generical
generically
generosities
generosity
generous
generously
generousness
geneses
genesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE GENERICNESS

awareness
business
chicness
chromaticness
darkness
do the business
effectiveness
fitness
freneticness
graphicness
happiness
heroicness
illness
in the wilderness
majesticness
prolificness
systematicness
thickness
tiredness
wellness

Synonyms and antonyms of genericness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «genericness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GENERICNESS

Find out the translation of genericness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of genericness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «genericness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

这种通用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el carácter genérico
570 millions of speakers

English

genericness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

genericness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

genericness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

родовой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

genericness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

genericness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

généricité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Generiknya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

genericness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

genericness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

genericness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Generik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

genericness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

genericness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Genericness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

marka kanunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

genericità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

genericness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

родової
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

genericness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

genericness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

genericness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

genericness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

genericness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of genericness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERICNESS»

The term «genericness» is used very little and occupies the 177.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of genericness
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «genericness».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GENERICNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «genericness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «genericness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about genericness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENERICNESS»

Discover the use of genericness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to genericness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
E.g., "As I view the cases, a defendant alleging invalidity of a trademark for genericness must show that to the consuming public as a whole the word has lost all its trademark significance." Marks v. Polaroid Corp., 129 F. Supp. 243, 270 (D.
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Prove It with Figures: Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation
10. Trademark. Surveys: Genericness. If a name in the mind of consumers denotes a type of product, the product genus, then it cannot at the same time serve as a trademark. The issue of whether a name is generic may reach the courts when ...
Hans Zeisel, David Kaye, 1997
3
Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage
“Sometimes genericide occurs as a result of the trademark owner's failure to police the mark, resulting in widespread usage by competitors leading to a perception of genericness.” 2 J. Thomas McCarthy, McCarthy on Trademarks and Unfair ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2011
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Early English in the Computer Age: Explorations Through the ...
From the Helsinki Corpus material the picture presented in Table 8 emerges concerning the genericness versus nongenericness of the sentence in which IS or BIt> occurs. As there were no unequivocally generic instances with first and ...
Matti Rissanen, Merja Kytö, Minna Palander-Collin, 1993
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Turkish
Marking of genericness in noun phrases 2. 1. 1. 13. 1. Methods of marking genericness in noun phrases There is no special marking for genericness. By and large, genericness is marked in the same way as nonreferentiality is, i.e. by lack of ...
Jaklin Kornfilt, 2013
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Kenneth Vaux, “The Vatican's Cry of Protest,” Chicago Trib., 20 Mar. 1987, at C19 . genericness; genericalness; genericism. Genericness, though odd-looking, is now the most widely used noun corresponding to generic, adj. It is recorded from  ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Grammaticalization at Work: Studies of Long-term ...
Genericness is usually attributed to NPs referring to whole species or subspecies , although their referentiality has been questioned by some scholars who argue that only specific nouns refer (cf. section 2.5, below). At a more general level, ...
Matti Rissanen, Merja Kytö, Kirsi Heikkonen, 1997
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On Definiteness: A Study with Special Reference to English ...
... have refuted such doubts and queries (see e.g. N. V. Smith 1975; Burton- Roberts 1981). There have also been surprisingly many differences of opinion on individual readings of genericness, and appeals to some extremely borderline data.
Andrew Chesterman, 2005
9
Language in Literature
The latter point is crucial for the achievement of genericness. Thus if the passage had asserted that James Ramsay belonged to that great clan who wanted Zambinella to win the Monaco Grand Prix next week, then the spatio' temporal ...
Michael Toolan, 2014
10
Studies in the History of the English Language II: Unfolding ...
First is the nature of the "public's understanding" of the putative genericness of trademarks and how the legal concept of genericness may or may not intersect with a lexicographer's view. Second is the fact that genericide as a productive ...
Anne Curzan, Kimberly Emmons, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENERICNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term genericness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Two Generics Can Make a Mark: Princeton Vanguard v. Frito-Lay …
A party opposing an application for mark or petitioning to cancel a mark bears the burden of proving genericness by a preponderance of ... «The National Law Review, Jun 15»
2
Hashtag Trademarks: #ItsAllAboutTheUse
... phrase, or symbol will not be sufficient to overcome a refusal to register based on genericness, descriptiveness, or likelihood of confusion. «The National Law Review, Jun 15»
3
Is PRETZEL CRISPS a generic term? Federal Circuit resets …
The test for genericness is the same, regardless of whether the mark is a compound term or a phrase. The TTAB must first identify the genus of ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
4
Urban Outfitters Backpedals On Navajo Trademark Liability
... it opposed the Navajo Nation's motion seeking dismissal of the retailer's genericness and abandonment defenses and related counterclaims. «Law360, Jun 15»
5
Louis Vuitton Wins Ruling That 'Red Gold' Is Generic
“It is clear that 'red gold' relates to the type of product rather than its source and consequently falls on the 'what-are-you' side of the genericness ... «Law360, Jun 15»
6
Appealing a Trademark Registration Refusal? Win or Lose, You May …
... a de novo action against the USPTO in district court, and the court granted the USPTO's summary judgment motion on genericness grounds. «The National Law Review, Jun 15»
7
COLORWORX triumphs in campaign against Color Wars
Genericness: The Federal Circuit found that appellant did not produce evidence of how the relevant public would understand appellee's mark, ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
8
Angry Birds Fight! is the match-3 RPG you haven't been waiting for
If Rovio isn't able to create an original game concept they still shouldn't drop to this level of genericness. I tried to ignore that this is yet another ... «Pocket Gamer, Jun 15»
9
Appealing A Trademark Registration Refusal? Win Or Lose, You …
... a de novo action against the USPTO in district court, and the court granted the USPTO's summary judgment motion on genericness grounds. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
10
Federal Circuit: TTAB applied incorrect genericness test in …
When is the Supplemental Register descriptive term 'pretzel chips' generic? This question was faced by the Court of Appeals for the Federal ... «World Trademark Review, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Genericness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/genericness>. Apr 2024 ».
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