Legal Opinion
Miller Brewing Company v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1979No. 78-2011PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
Two years ago we reversed a preliminary injunction order against infringement of Miller Brewing Company’s trademark “LITE” for beer. We did so on the ground that “because ‘light’ is a generic or common descriptive word when applied to beer, neither that word nor its phonetic equivalent may be appropriated as a trademark for beer.” Miller Brewing Co. v. G. Heileman Brewing Co., 561 F.2d 75, 77 (7th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1025, 98 S.Ct. 751, 54 L.Ed.2d 772 (1978). The principal question before us now is whether that determination in an interlocutory appeal should…
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