Talk:Band-Aid

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Untitled
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
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.

Picture
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)


 * i also vote in favor of the ginormo bandaid, with reservations. an argument about wasted/expensive bandwidth could certainly be made, but for me personally i wish more pictures were this outsized. there are some pictures that i wish were larger, for more detail. the bigger the better! --dan 16:13, 19 August 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)

Today
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)

The Seafood Bandage
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).

Packaging (tins vs. paper boxes)
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)
 * Certainly, a picture of a band aid tin would be quite welcome. I used to use those to hold other things (e.g. butterflies...) because they were nice packages.  It would also be great if someone could find and add a picture of one of the original band-aids from the 1920s. --Keflavich 15:24, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

History of Invention - Contradictory Versions
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)
 * The claims at the Seabury article were a misunderstanding of the sources. What Seabury and Johnson invented was a new rubber-based adhesive for medical dressings, one cleaner and safer than previous versions. After Johnson split off from their firm and founded his own with his brother, Johnson & Johnson, the new company continued to use the formulation for various medical materials, including adhesive medical tape, which was what newlywed Earle Dickinson used when he created the self-contained adhesive bandage for his klutzy wife in 1920, and which quickly hit the market under the Band-Aid name. (Ironically, Dickinson was from the family of the co-founder of competing firm Becton-Dickinson.) I have adjusted the Seabury article to make it clearer. I especially removed the misleading image of a modern adhesive bandage, which was not invented until Seabury was dead.oknazevad (talk) 11:38, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Edit request on 19 September 2012
Thomas Anderson invented the band aid. Earle Dickson perfected the design. 202.173.201.138 (talk) 11:30, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. A boat   that can float!   (watch me float!)  14:26, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

https://www.sutori.com/item/untitled-eb94-c1e0 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.141.73.161 (talk) 03:32, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Edit request on 23 October 2012
They also come in bacon flavor!!! 67.172.198.250 (talk) 02:41, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Inaccurate statement of law in intro paragraph
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)

Conflicting info between two articles?
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)
 * J&J is protective of the trademark status, and though "Band-Aid" is commonly used generically, it has not been legally declared generic, as far as I can tell. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 14:07, 3 June 2016 (UTC)


 * There's conflicting info within the article itself.


 * Despite common misconception, Band-Aid is not a genericized trademark in the United States


 * Trademark genericization eventually resulted in the "Band-Aid" trademark losing its protective status over the Johnson & Johnson brand, becoming a generic term for all adhesive bandages. The company attempted to avoid this outcome with an advertising campaign, but failed. One of the product's noted jingles was composed by Barry Manilow; the chorus is "I am stuck on Band-Aid brand 'cause Band-Aid's stuck on me!"


 * Come on, guys. Which is it? I can't figure it out. 72.200.151.15 (talk) 02:34, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Band-Aid is still a registered trademark of J&J; therefore it is not de jure generic (at least in the United States), and it is actively being defended. I've changed the language and reference. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 18:09, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

I think Band-Aid is a genericized trademark
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)
 * Bandaid is indeed a genericized trademark in the US. Lizard  (talk) 02:21, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If it were a true genericized trademark, any one could sell a product with the name. I'd really like to see someone try without string a call from Johnson & Johnson's lawyers. It may be a commonly misused trademark, but it is not a true generic trademark. oknazevad (talk) 11:30, 25 April 2019 (UTC)