Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Off-Topic
Reply to "When did a playpen become a pack n' play?"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a trademark attorney so this drives me batty. Pack n play is a registered trademark. Graco (owner of that brand) came up with an updated playpen (with a changer attached, etc.) and it really took off. It's taken off so much that many people use the mark as the generic term, unfortunately. Modern generic term=play yard.[/quote] So when you need a Q-tip, do you ask for a cotton swap? Do you say adhesive strip instead of band-aid?[/quote] She's a trademark attorney, so she has to care. When people use the term to refer to other companies' products, it weakens the trademark. Then they have to go around policing the misuse of the mark.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
