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…
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