Generic name

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Generic name may refer to:

• Generic name (biology), the name of a biological genus
• Placeholder name, words that can refer to objects or people whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, or unknown

Business and law

• Generic brand, consumer products identified by product characteristics rather than brand name
• Generic term, a common name used for a range or class of similar things not protected by trademark
• Generic trademark, a brand name that has become the generic name for a product or service
• International Nonproprietary Name, an official nonproprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance

See also

• Generic drug, a drug marketed under its chemical name without advertising
• Colloquial name, a name or term commonly used to identify something in informal language
• Generic (disambiguation)
• Common name (disambiguation)