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Originally Posted by Flint
Hasn't anybody ever told these corporations that there is no such thing as bad press?
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Tell that to Aspirin.
From Wikipedia: "Bayer had been unable to stop competitors from copying the formula and using the name elsewhere, and so, with a flooded market, the public was unable to recognize "Aspirin" as coming from only one manufacturer. Sterling [which purchased the rights to Aspirin after the US government seized them during WWI*] was subsequently unable to prevent "Aspirin" from being ruled a genericized trademark in a U.S. federal court in 1921."
* inserted by glatt