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Rebecca Curtin v United Trademark Holdings Inc

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Case Number:

Case Type:

Opposition

Plaintiff:

Rebecca Curtin

Defendant:

United Trademark Holdings, Inc.

Status:

Pending Court Appeal

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https://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91241083

May 10, 2023
TTAB Fortifies Consumers' Standing Limits In New Precedent

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejection of a professor's challenge to a "Rapunzel" trademark as a consumer of fairy-tale toy characters is a reminder that despite statutory language that "any person" who believes he or she might be damaged by a registration can oppose it, it isn't quite as simple as that.
May 05, 2023
No Fairy-Tale Ending For Mother In 'Rapunzel' Case At TTAB

Having a daughter isn't enough legal standing for a Suffolk University law professor to fight the registration of "Rapunzel" as a trademark, a reversal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that came about as a result of an unrelated landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision over "immoral and scandalous" trademarks.
January 02, 2019
TTAB Says Consumer Can Fight 'Rapunzel' Trademark

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has ruled that a consumer had standing to oppose an application to register "Rapunzel" as a trademark, rejecting the argument that only a competitor could do so.