US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled Rebecca Curtin v United Trademark Holdings Inc consumers do not have standing to challenge trademark applications. Potential cost increase does not equal damages.
The US Patent & Trademark Office Trademark Trial & Appeal Board found that a consumer did not have standing to oppose an application for registration because the consumer failed to.
In round two of what one person (me) dubbed the "Tinker Bell Fairy Fracas," the CAFC affirmed the Board's decision sustaining a Section 2(d) opposition to registration of TEEN TINKER BELL.
The Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision to allow Disney to stop United Trademark Holdings Inc. from registering "Teen Tink" and "Teen Tinker Bell" trademarks for its doll collections, finding that the marks would likely cause confusion among consumers.