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Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 305 U.S. 111 - Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Co. · 1938Most cited · 1,659 citing opinions

For that is the generic term of the article, which describes it with a fair degree of accuracy; and is the term by which the biscuit in pillow-shaped form is generally known by the public. Since the term is generic, the original maker of the product acquired no exclusive right to use it.

How often courts cite the case defining “generic term”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “generic term” — 1,653 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.