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genetic fingerprinting.See DNA IDENTIFICATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

genetic father.See biological father under FATHER. [Blacks Law 8th]

genetic engineering.A method of creating new life-forms and organic matter by gene-splicing and other tech-niques. • The Supreme Court has ruled that those creations are patentable. Diamond Chakrabarty, 447 U.S. 303, 100 S.Ct. 2204 (1980). [Blacks Law 8th]

genetic child.See natural child (1) under CHILD. [Blacks Law 8th]

generic term.See GENERIC NAME. [Blacks Law 8th]

generic swap.See plain-vanilla swap under INTEREST-RATE SWAP. [Blacks Law 8th]

genericness,n. The state or condition of being generic <an affirmative defense of genericness in a trademark suit>. — Also termed genericalness; genericism. [Blacks Law 8th]

generic name.Trademarks. A term that describes something generally without designating the thing’s source or creator, such as the word “car” or “sink.” • A generic name cannot be protected as a trademark for the thing it denotes; e.g., “Apple” can be a trademark for computers but not for apples. — Also termed generic term; generic…

genericism (j<<schwa>>-ner-<<schwa>>-siz-<<schwa>>m). See GENERICNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

genericide (j<<schwa>>-ner-<<schwa>>-sId).Trademarks. The loss or cancellation of a trademark that no longer distinguishes the owner’s product from others’ products. • Genericide occurs when a trademark becomes such a household name that the consuming public begins to think of the mark not as a brand name but as a synonym for the product itself. Examples of…