When you're searching for something on the web, what do you do?

If you "google" it, then you're technically not doing anything.

It's a trademarked brand name for a very popular internet search engine. And Google is rapidly becoming an acceptable part of the English language. If Google's brand name becomes too popular, the Google company may lose its trademark.

Dozens of popular words we use everyday were once brand names. Hundreds more are in danger of losing their trademark. Based on our simple descriptions, can you identify these products in various stages of identity crisis?

[ Click on one of the brands below to start a quiz ]

10 brands in danger of losing their trademark -- Easy ones to get you warmed up	Another 10 brand names on the brink -- Not so simple	These 10 common words were once actually brand names -- The answers may surprise you!