Has Zimmer frame become a generic trademark?

Brand information

Walking frame

Owner

Zimmer Holdings

Comment

Comment

Used mainly in Anglosaxon countries.

Examples of generic use in newspapers

4 entries registered

Weinstein arrives in court leaning on a zimmer frame after having had surgery…

No longer the preserve of the very rich or the blue-rinse-and-Zimmer-frame bri…

Everyday words that are actually brand names

Patricia Tierney, who walks with the help of a Zimmer frame

Metadata

Product or service?

Product

Source

Outlook

Stable outlook

Relevant tags

Distinctiveness according to United States trademark law

Fanciful mark

Geographical scope

Worldwide

Changed

1 day ago

Example in which the trademark is used as an expression: No longer the preserve of the very rich or the blue-rinse-and-Zimmer-frame brigade

The trademark appears in a generic way in the following locations:

Africa

Africa

Asia

Earliest registered case of trademark generalisation:

(China Daily)

Last registered case of trademark generalisation:

(lovemoney)

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