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I'm about to do a Band Aid (band) page. Tiny query: this page says Band Aid did "We Are the World". From a UK perspective that act was USA for Africa. Am I to take it that they were called Band Aid in the US? - Nommo
Removed the following:
"in much the same way as British people will use the trademark name " Elastoplast""
(Sticky) Plaster is the common term in the UK.
I think the giant image of a band-aid is a bit much. Does some one want to shink it down, maybe? I'm not quite sure how to do that. timrem 07:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
--- I think the giant image of the band-aid is perfectly welcome. This kind of absurdity is a rare and special treat, so enjoy it. Weeeeeee! Giant band aid! 130.243.74.84 12:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
BAND-AIDS first made them with designs on them in 1956. http://kenvella.com/NewStyle/web/bandaidbrand/brand_timeline.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.107.208.27 ( talk) 14:26, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
I tried to clean up the "Today" section but I'm not sure it belongs here at all. It's basically just a list of products, which might be useful if we could get an impartial description of them. johnmarkos 04:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe this should be added to the page http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/279c849101acb010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Craigboy ( talk • contribs) 03:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
Shouldn't there be something about how (at least in the American market) the packaging changed from tin packages to paper boxes. This happened around 1999? If so I can make an image of a Band Aid tin because I saved one (it's my change jar ;-) ). Guroadrunner 06:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
According to the article George J. Seabury and its sources, the precursor of the Band-Aid brand adhesive bandage was invented in 1874 by Seabury and Robert Wood Johnson I. Also according to that article, Mr. Johnson later founded Johnson & Johnson, which manufactures the Band-Aid. However, Band-Aid cites a Johnson & Johnson company website for its version of invention by a company employee ( Earle Dickson) in 1920. Which the the historically accurate version? Geoff ( talk) 17:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thomas Anderson invented the band aid. Earle Dickson perfected the design. 202.173.201.138 ( talk) 11:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
https://www.sutori.com/item/untitled-eb94-c1e0 — Preceding
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They also come in bacon flavor!!! 67.172.198.250 ( talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
The intro stating that band-aid is a genericized trademark is not correct. Genericized trademark is a legal term. If a trademark becomes a generic name, the trademark is lost. That is a genericized trademark, a trademark that has been killed by people using the term generically and no one recognizing it as a trademark anymore.
If you follow the link to the wiki for genericized trademarks, it cites band-aid specifically as an example of a company altering their ad campaign precisely to avoid becoming a genericized trademark. So this is an article that claims band-aid is a genericized trademark, while linking to another article that claims band-aid is not a genericized trademark.
67.48.24.67 ( talk) 23:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
On this article of Band-Aid there is a sentence that says "Despite common misconception, Band-Aid is not a genericized trademark in the United States."
However the Generic trademark article says this "Zipper, aspirin, vaseline, band-aid, and heroin are examples of trademarks that have become genericized in the US." Tho it doesn't have a citation.
But I wonder... which one is correct or are there other facts behind this conflicting facts? Bossyman15 ( talk) 17:09, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
The opening says "Despite common misconception, Band-Aid is not a genericized trademark in the United States." That seems like a contradiction to me, and it also seems wrong. The citation shows that Band-Aid is still trademarked (from a legal standpoint) and thus I cannot violate the trademark if I am selling adhesive bandages. However, it is extremely common for Americans to refer to generic adhesive bandages as Band-Aids, usually not capitalized and often not hyphenated, such as "bandaids". It is even used in idioms, like "bandaids don't heal bullet wounds." Just because the trademark is enforceable (in a legal sense) doesn't mean it has not taken on a generic meaning in the public mind. The fact that the sentence acknowledges this is a "common misconception" underscores the fact that band-aid has firmly entrenched itself as a genericized trademark. 146.115.179.89 ( talk) 04:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
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I'm about to do a Band Aid (band) page. Tiny query: this page says Band Aid did "We Are the World". From a UK perspective that act was USA for Africa. Am I to take it that they were called Band Aid in the US? - Nommo
Removed the following:
"in much the same way as British people will use the trademark name " Elastoplast""
(Sticky) Plaster is the common term in the UK.
I think the giant image of a band-aid is a bit much. Does some one want to shink it down, maybe? I'm not quite sure how to do that. timrem 07:42, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
--- I think the giant image of the band-aid is perfectly welcome. This kind of absurdity is a rare and special treat, so enjoy it. Weeeeeee! Giant band aid! 130.243.74.84 12:08, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
BAND-AIDS first made them with designs on them in 1956. http://kenvella.com/NewStyle/web/bandaidbrand/brand_timeline.shtml — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.107.208.27 ( talk) 14:26, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
I tried to clean up the "Today" section but I'm not sure it belongs here at all. It's basically just a list of products, which might be useful if we could get an impartial description of them. johnmarkos 04:20, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
Maybe this should be added to the page http://www.popsci.com/popsci/medicine/279c849101acb010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Craigboy ( talk • contribs) 03:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
Shouldn't there be something about how (at least in the American market) the packaging changed from tin packages to paper boxes. This happened around 1999? If so I can make an image of a Band Aid tin because I saved one (it's my change jar ;-) ). Guroadrunner 06:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
According to the article George J. Seabury and its sources, the precursor of the Band-Aid brand adhesive bandage was invented in 1874 by Seabury and Robert Wood Johnson I. Also according to that article, Mr. Johnson later founded Johnson & Johnson, which manufactures the Band-Aid. However, Band-Aid cites a Johnson & Johnson company website for its version of invention by a company employee ( Earle Dickson) in 1920. Which the the historically accurate version? Geoff ( talk) 17:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thomas Anderson invented the band aid. Earle Dickson perfected the design. 202.173.201.138 ( talk) 11:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
https://www.sutori.com/item/untitled-eb94-c1e0 — Preceding
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112.141.73.161 (
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They also come in bacon flavor!!! 67.172.198.250 ( talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
The intro stating that band-aid is a genericized trademark is not correct. Genericized trademark is a legal term. If a trademark becomes a generic name, the trademark is lost. That is a genericized trademark, a trademark that has been killed by people using the term generically and no one recognizing it as a trademark anymore.
If you follow the link to the wiki for genericized trademarks, it cites band-aid specifically as an example of a company altering their ad campaign precisely to avoid becoming a genericized trademark. So this is an article that claims band-aid is a genericized trademark, while linking to another article that claims band-aid is not a genericized trademark.
67.48.24.67 ( talk) 23:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
On this article of Band-Aid there is a sentence that says "Despite common misconception, Band-Aid is not a genericized trademark in the United States."
However the Generic trademark article says this "Zipper, aspirin, vaseline, band-aid, and heroin are examples of trademarks that have become genericized in the US." Tho it doesn't have a citation.
But I wonder... which one is correct or are there other facts behind this conflicting facts? Bossyman15 ( talk) 17:09, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
The opening says "Despite common misconception, Band-Aid is not a genericized trademark in the United States." That seems like a contradiction to me, and it also seems wrong. The citation shows that Band-Aid is still trademarked (from a legal standpoint) and thus I cannot violate the trademark if I am selling adhesive bandages. However, it is extremely common for Americans to refer to generic adhesive bandages as Band-Aids, usually not capitalized and often not hyphenated, such as "bandaids". It is even used in idioms, like "bandaids don't heal bullet wounds." Just because the trademark is enforceable (in a legal sense) doesn't mean it has not taken on a generic meaning in the public mind. The fact that the sentence acknowledges this is a "common misconception" underscores the fact that band-aid has firmly entrenched itself as a genericized trademark. 146.115.179.89 ( talk) 04:47, 5 October 2016 (UTC)