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the two best examples i can think of for the UK are 'hoover' and 'walkman'. I don't think there are really any others. I know to my mind a 'Xerox' machine is a 'photocopier', a 'bic' is a 'pen', the names 'q-tip' and 'saran wrap' are all but unknown here - we use 'cotton bud' and 'cling film'. most of the names we use commonly are very generic, and like I say, hoover and walkman are the only instances i can think of for a brand becoming the generic term.
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