( June 29, 2026, 11:39 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a June 29 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a coffee company’s petition for a writ of certiorari in a trademark infringement dispute with PepsiCo Inc., agreeing to hear the company’s argument that the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals alone considers a trademark’s strength a question of law and not a question of fact. The grant follows an amicus curiae brief from the U.S. government telling the court that certiorari should be denied, even though it believes the Second Circuit’s opinion was erroneous....