Intellectual Property
May 20, 2026
No fairytale ending: Supreme Court leaves consumers out of trademark fights
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Scott R. Commerson
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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Brand protection, anti-counterfeiting, intellectual property litigation and counseling, and cybercrime enforcement.
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Email: scottcommerson@dwt.com
There was no fairytale ending for consumer Rebecca Curtin when the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Curtin v. United Trademark Holdings, Inc., leaving in place the Federal Circuit's decision that Curtin, as a consumer, was not entitled to oppose registration of the mark RAPUNZEL for dolls. As a result, standing to oppose trademark registration on certain grounds--including genericness, descriptiveness and failure to function as a trademark--is limited to those who ...
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