Headnote: September 16, 2009

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(Excerpt) …buyers of country music entertainment services understand “opry” to mean country music performance which often includes dancing and comical routines; thus, “opry” is generic and nonregistrable as trademark. WSM, Inc. v. Hilton, 545 F. Supp. 1212 (W.D. Mo. 1982)

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