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band-aid
📅 Updated:2024-04-04
🕒 Created:2017-06-25
🆔 ID:16853
Description
A small adhesive bandage used to protect minor cuts, open sores, and other such injuries from getting infected.
It should be noted that Band-Aid is a registered trademark owned by Kenvue, a consumer health company spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023. J&J had a history of adamantly protecting their trademark from being genericized.
The UK and Australian counterpart would be Germany company Beiersdorf AG's Elastoplast, itself used as a genericized trademark in those countries despite still being active registered trademarks like with Band-Aid.
