UNFAIR COMPETITION -- TRADE-MARKS AND TRADE NAMES -- "SHREDDED WHEAT" HELD GENERIC TERM WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUSIVELY APPROPRIATED.

Discusses the decision of the court in two cases which deal with the issue of whether the words shredded wheat can be exclusively appropriated. Background of the two cases; Earlier cases in which it was held that descriptive words cannot be exclusively appropriated; Way in which others could make competitive manufacture possible without being deemed unfair to the original patentee.