Miller Brewing Company v. G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “Light Beer” and “Lite Beer” are generic because the words are so highly descriptive that they define what the product is, and cannot be appropriated without depriving competitors of the opportunity to effectively convey the nature of their own goods
• relying on dictionary definition of “light” as applied to alcoholic beverages in holding light beer generic
• finding “light” generic in part because it is “widely used in the beer indus- try”
• finding “light” generic in part because it is “widely used in the beer indus- try”
• finding “light” generic in part because it is “widely used in the beer indus- try”
• finding “light” generic in part because it is “widely used in the beer indus- try”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).