What is a brio?

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Research carried out by the NCC found that EULAs (end-user licensing agreements) were badly-worded, typically exonerating software companies from any legal responsibility for their products, and left buyers with "less protection than when they buy a cheap biro."

Does it mean a ballpoint pen?

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

biro not brio, but yes.

Pter · Answer

Oh thanks. Sorry for the typo.
Is this brand name really that famous for it to be used as a synonym of ballpoint pen?

Nona the brit · Answer

Yes, other examples here in the UK are sellotape and hoover.

Pter · Answer

Thank you, nona. Searching by "sellotape", I found a page that has a list of genericized trademark. I could not have imagined that "zipper" and "escalator" were once trademarks!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generic_and_genericized_trademarks

Feebs11 · Answer

Laszlo Biro was the name of the man who invented the ball-point pen.

BarbaraPA · Answer

Feebs11Laszlo Biro was the name of the man who invented the ball-point pen.

Cool! I learned something new today!

Anonymous · Answer

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