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of Troy is correct. Another example is "Jello": their adds consistently refer to "Jello brand" geletin dessert, in an effort to prevent the term Jello from becoming generic.
I believe the old Bissell carpet sweepers also lost their trademark protection: folks would refer to "bisseling the carpet."
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