Generic trademark acquired substantial market dominance or mind share, such that the primary meaning of the genericized trademark becomes the product or service itself rather than an indication of source for the product or service. A trademark thus popularized has its legal protection at risk in some countries such as the United States and United Kingdom, as its intellectual property rights in the trademark may be lost and competitors enabled to use the genericized trademark to describe their similar products, unless the owner of an affected trademark works sufficiently to correct and prevent such broad use. Thermos, Kleenex, ChapStick, Aspirin, Dumpster, Band-Aid,
Willow (Dreadstar) Willow (Dreadstar) Willow is a fictional character in the comics space opera "Dreadstar", created by American artist Jim Starlin. She was introduced in the first issue of Dreadstar's regular series and had her origin told in issue 2. Willow is a cybernetic telepath, a rare kind of telepath who has the ability of sensing and commanding computers and robotic devices as well as sentient minds. She used a "seeing-eye monk" named Rainbow as her eyes as she could telepathically see what the monkey saw. As first seen in "Dreadstar" #1, Willow was part of a team informally known as "Dreadstar