The story is told of how composer Arnold Schoenberg -renowned for his thorny compositions- wished for his music to be whistled on the street. Similarly, inventors dream of creating products that become a constant part of peoples lives.
Occasionally, when an item or product becomes synonymous with the name it’s manufactured under, that name can become a genericized trademark. Despite the best efforts of the companies involved names like Velcro, Google, Clorox, Kleenex, Q-Tip, Band-Aid, and so on have become genericized trademarks. The same has also happened to Naugahyde, a type of vinyl. Not all of our customers may know that naugahyde is simply one manufacturer’s name for their vinyl product.
