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.,
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