I remember learning that trademarks that have been genericized (like Band-Aid, Popsicle, Velcro, Clorox, etc) are at risk of losing their trademark or copyright.
Can someone explain to me how exactly does this work? Cause i never really understood this


the not ELI5 version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark
TIL that Heroin is a generisized trademark