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					Originally Posted by  HarryT
					 
				 
				As happened with trademarks like "Aspirin". It wasn't defended in the US, and lost its trademark status as a result. (It is still a trademark in Europe) 
			
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 Actually, the true story is more interesting. The US trademark on Aspirin was stripped away as part of war reparations following World War I.