South county cookie company hit with a 'cease and desist'

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  • @FATMAC2
    @FATMAC2 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1693

    The irony is that after this, Smiley Cookie Co will be the ones needing a name change from all the bad PR

    • @vickiechandler3112
      @vickiechandler3112 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

      true since eat n park has already sued an other company in chicago over the use of the design./ name where they settled out of court

    • @TheCatD
      @TheCatD 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Yep!

    • @TheMichigami
      @TheMichigami 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

      nah they've been doing this to bakeries and companies for decades, they even had a beef with King's over their frownie brownies, which were created as a response to a smiley cookie controversy long ago. the smiley cookie company primarily exists to make smiley cookies for eat'n park because they go through so many of them at all the restaurants and use em for fundraisers and charity and such too, they only make a handful of other baked goods. they already donate a part of each cookie sale to charity too. its just trademark defense because lawyer nonsense is weird nonsense sometimes.

    • @mikeweeds4048
      @mikeweeds4048 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Not happening lol

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Its not happening. People in Pittsburgh don’t even know about this story and are loyal to Eat n Park cause its a Pittsburgh staple.

  • @keikonooner3756
    @keikonooner3756 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +727

    OMG! Leave the man alone. He's creating jobs for people in need and what a wonderful business model! Keep doing good work.

    • @HeroicRecaps
      @HeroicRecaps 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Cry more

    • @eileenmcdonald1599
      @eileenmcdonald1599 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Agreed

    • @KristinaBakerSmith
      @KristinaBakerSmith 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      That doesnt even matter. They are clearly two different business names.

    • @dragonknight8280
      @dragonknight8280 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      ​@@KristinaBakerSmithThat's why it might not even go through, this isn't a big deal unless it goes through. They're going to be able to countersue for legal fees back anyway.

    • @dragonknight8280
      @dragonknight8280 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@dangerkatdev It's a completely different product and name though.

  • @Iblamethebarrels
    @Iblamethebarrels 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1661

    Smiley shouldn't even be trademarked

    • @vickiechandler3112
      @vickiechandler3112 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

      The Smiley Company, is the holder of a large trademark portfolio worldwide,(in over 100 countries) including the Smiley Original Logo and the SMILEY name....That is the design itsself, not the cookie

    • @cynthiaoconnor7185
      @cynthiaoconnor7185 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +100

      So, will The Smiley Company now be sending a Cease and Desist letter to every little girl and teenager in the world?

    • @ajplays7241
      @ajplays7241 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

      I mean if Smiley was trademarked Walmart would win this case lol they used smiley way before any bakery lol

    • @jaywholoveseveryone1721
      @jaywholoveseveryone1721 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      But, it is.

    • @axmajpayne
      @axmajpayne 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      @@ajplays7241 They actually got in a trademark fight over that ended with them settling out of court.

  • @ddreamberry2
    @ddreamberry2 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1362

    Coming soon... Frownie Brownies.

    • @TheMichigami
      @TheMichigami 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +69

      funny you should mention that... Kings family restaurants introduced the Frownie, a brownie with an icing frown on it in response to an argument with Eat'n'Park decades ago about smiley cookies with another place. The guy who created it trademarked it and took it with him when King's was sold to a crappy corpo years back, so they don't sell them anymore. Several food places in the region have had beefs with each other of sports team rivalry levels for yeeeears, some of their nonsense was legendary.

    • @cherylmysliwczyk5716
      @cherylmysliwczyk5716 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I have one

    • @nothanksplease
      @nothanksplease 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      YOULL BE RIIIICH.
      "a safe place to cry" XD
      i think it will be huuuuge with us ladies during specific times of the month XD

    • @nothanksplease
      @nothanksplease 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@TheMichigami the pettiness ): lol

    • @cherylmysliwczyk5716
      @cherylmysliwczyk5716 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      @nothanksplease no seriously there was another restaurant in Pittsburgh that had the Frownie Brownie, I still have the doll.

  • @jameskotzur8577
    @jameskotzur8577 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1158

    It's a cookie with a smile on it, trademark what?

    • @TrashManWithRats
      @TrashManWithRats 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +76

      that like saying someone wearing the same shirt as you is trademark infringement 😭😭

    • @CirnoBush
      @CirnoBush 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +57

      it's like how if you sing happy birthday and post it you can get a copyright claim. everything has a patent and patent bullies exist everywhere.

    • @NextNate03
      @NextNate03 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

      The 🍪 is not trademark, the business name is trademark.

    • @salvagemonster3612
      @salvagemonster3612 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Talk to Gene Simmons who trademarked a bag with a dollar sign

    • @mhughes1160
      @mhughes1160 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      “ Smiley face cookie co. “ Is not the same as “ smiley cookie “
      But just change the name to upside down 🙃 frown cookie co.
      LoL 😂

  • @AprilFriday-de6vm
    @AprilFriday-de6vm 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1202

    The very fact that someone wants to claim a trademark on smiley faces is a clear expression of everything wrong with this country.

    • @themonkeyhand
      @themonkeyhand 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +29

      It's the company name in dispute, has nothing to do with the product's decoration.

    • @nickpatterson6099
      @nickpatterson6099 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      ​@@themonkeyhandit really shows people lack comprehension nowadays

    • @WillowRatLady
      @WillowRatLady 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      Forest Gump trademarked that after vietnam dangit!

    • @kylegusek
      @kylegusek 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      They both should be careful, they might have to answer to The Smiley Company like Walmart

    • @cameronbigley7483
      @cameronbigley7483 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@themonkeyhandThat's the funny part about many of these trademark disputes, they can be pretty damn narrow.

  • @blue_moon6490
    @blue_moon6490 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +545

    You would think that the company would love to be mistaken for the other company helping people with disabilities. However, we see what kind of business they really are!

    • @annegreenwood3624
      @annegreenwood3624 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      yes scrooges this company is doing a great thing just rotten to do this

    • @evilsharkey8954
      @evilsharkey8954 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      The law requires that anyone who holds a trademark has to defend it, even when it’s dumb.

    • @lalotime
      @lalotime 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      To be fair, it's a liability when you are aware of another company using a name that's very similar. And the business is also similar.

    • @uptonogood1893
      @uptonogood1893 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How would you feel if you worked decades to create your company and someone else with a good cause tries to take your company brand/name? The new company was being sloppy. They have to follow the rules and using the press to create guilt trip and using the public to do it isn't good.

    • @alperdue2704
      @alperdue2704 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@lalotimeI might buy that from big national stores, but a local bakery? Come on. No one is going to confuse the two.

  • @SupHapCak
    @SupHapCak 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +549

    You have an open and shut case if they're claiming the word "smiley" but you are "smiley FACE"
    One word can make a lot of difference, especially with all the others who haven't been sued.

    • @juliethompson8685
      @juliethompson8685 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      100%

    • @kerikah
      @kerikah 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Yes, but legally it really matters if there is brand confusion. The names are close enough to potentially cause this. Smiley sells a line of cookies nationally so there is definitely a potential for market overlap (as opposed to if the bakeries only sold within St. Louis and Pittsburgh), which doesn't look good for Smiley. And I love what they do, but it's unfortunately not legally relevant. They should probably set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a name change. (To keep their brand reputation, they can add more words to the end so it's Smiley Baking Confections or something).

    • @eveningclicks7767
      @eveningclicks7767 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      They'd still go after them for Smiley Baking Confections because they are all hung up on smiley and that company also being a bakery.

    • @shishoka
      @shishoka 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      It worked for "the REAL Ghostbusters."

    • @NobodyUndefined
      @NobodyUndefined 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@kerikah I agree, it seems like people in these comments don't understand how trademarks work.

  • @matthewharrington420
    @matthewharrington420 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +101

    Bruh, they’re across the country. GTFO with that. There’s no competition and no risk of competition . This is harassment, plain and simple.

  • @StaceyIsles
    @StaceyIsles 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +264

    When it's settled the headline should read "how the cookie crumbled"

    • @RaindropsOnLichen
      @RaindropsOnLichen 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      Then Crumbl would go after them for the headline 😂

    • @MixedChick1
      @MixedChick1 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@RaindropsOnLichen lol

    • @GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod
      @GodLovesUs.LoveOurGod 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      So creative😅

    • @I_know_you_are_right_however
      @I_know_you_are_right_however 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ...and the reporter should go on for five minutes making stupid recipe references. 🙄

    • @carriecree1789
      @carriecree1789 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's from a movie, and would probably garner a trademark claim from the production company

  • @patmcbride9853
    @patmcbride9853 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +285

    "Smiley Cookies" needs to feel the wrath of cookie lovers that hate lawfare.

  • @RaindropsOnLichen
    @RaindropsOnLichen 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +76

    Before I saw who posted this, I thought it was going to be part of the Utah ‘cookie wars’.
    I love the idea of this bakery. It can be difficult to find a job when you’re disabled, as I know personally. I’d love to help support this shop.

  • @scpvrr
    @scpvrr 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

    Corporate bullying in the name of “trademark”. They aren’t in the same market! Zero chance of confusion. Smiley Cookie may be characterized as RBF Cookie.

    • @dfuss2756
      @dfuss2756 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      RBF I'd send those cookies to the lawyer office!

  • @obsidianbarnowldesigns
    @obsidianbarnowldesigns 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +218

    I live in pittsburgh and have eaten at eat n park dozens of times throughout my life: screw them their food is extremely basic corporate slop you can find at literally any corporate sit down restaurant there's absolutely nothing unique about them besides the "smiley cookie" which even then is just a crappy extremely basic royal icing cookie that doesn't even taste that great I hope this business flourishes instead they're doing incredible work

    • @thearcheduck8746
      @thearcheduck8746 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

      All their food is basically just microwaved frozen meals, pretty sure mcdonalds puts more effort into their food. I do like eat n park regardless, but them suing some random company in a state they have no plans to operate in is just insane.

    • @obsidianbarnowldesigns
      @obsidianbarnowldesigns 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      @@thearcheduck8746 it genuinely doesn't surprise me the company is dying and at least in my experience and from past new reports of the local area they've always pulled this crap and been extremely petty

    • @jokerz7936
      @jokerz7936 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@obsidianbarnowldesigns Trademarks have to be enforced or you can lose them and like it or not the Smiley Cookie has been the face of Eat N Park for decades.

    • @ghettomamma1627
      @ghettomamma1627 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They are being targeted because of the special needs adults. They are easy targets for @holes.

    • @alixp3411
      @alixp3411 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@jokerz7936 I only ate there and a handful of times and this trademark thing is another reason I wouldn't eat there again.

  • @loloca
    @loloca 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +161

    How horrible to go after this establishment!!!!!

    • @creeper8647
      @creeper8647 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @lolca What is it about bakeries that seems to rile people up? Masterpiece Cake Shop, Gibsons Bakery...the list is long. Such hatred for people who just want to bake treats for their customers

    • @donnagelina8548
      @donnagelina8548 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh its terrible being in business and making a lot of money! Darn it!

  • @kid10249595
    @kid10249595 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +145

    Isn't it fun when corporations do everything in their power to break the competition, this isn't JUST about the name, this is about going after him in any manner they can so they can knock him down a peg.

    • @dgoddard
      @dgoddard 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      If you trademark something, you have to fight companies infringing on your trademark or you could lose your trademark. It's not that they're evil. It's just what they have to do in order to maintain the expensive trademark they own.
      On the flipside... If you're starting a company, you really need to pay attention to what you're naming your company. Because if you name it after a trademark, then you could be in this situation.

    • @LisaMarieFord
      @LisaMarieFord 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@dgoddardYou do. However, in this case they should have a second opinion with a different trademark lawyer. There’s a history to both companies, which is likely documented, making smiley face cookies. There’s a history since sugar cookies have been made of every kid and their grandma making smiley face cookies. Eat N Park didn’t start making Smiley Cookies until ‘86 after another bakery made them for over 50 years.
      “Smiley Cookies” and “Smiley Face Cookie Co” are two different names. They are not using any of the other branding or logos. Common use words cannot be trademarked nor copyright; so they cannot own “Smiley” nor “Cookie”. There is no way they can trademark anyone drawing a smiley face just like circles, triangles, and whatnot cannot be trademarked. It has to be specific. They don’t have a mascot nor anyone dressed up like it. I think the lawyer didn’t do their due diligence in researching this time and just found a similar name and automatically sent out a letter.

    • @nickpatterson6099
      @nickpatterson6099 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Or you could just be a grown up company and say my bad didn't know it was trademarked, let me change that.
      I mean damn. Someone throws the word disabilities or charity around and you wanna throw out our legal system.

    • @christopherrapczynski204
      @christopherrapczynski204 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      They aren't even competition, corporations are just losers that need to pout and have a tantrum 24/7 to function

    • @dfuss2756
      @dfuss2756 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      nickpatterson6099 you sound like you are the suing party.

  • @GaylynGrasp-gl8ej
    @GaylynGrasp-gl8ej 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +26

    Time to shut the greedy company down. DO NOT BUY SMILEY COOKIES FROM CORPORATE GREED, problem solved!

  • @Jjkkss1230
    @Jjkkss1230 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +74

    Guess smiley cookie will be going out of business soon

    • @TheSaltySunflower
      @TheSaltySunflower 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Fingers crossed

    • @spanishDoll1
      @spanishDoll1 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      People have no back bone

  • @azbrez
    @azbrez 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    They want to trademark a smile? I hope Eat'n'Park goes firmly out of business. What a desperate, out-of-touch attempt that will yield nothing but bad press.

    • @panicmosem5969
      @panicmosem5969 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's been trademarked since 71. They're both in violation of infringement laws! 😬😬😬

  • @arfriedman4577
    @arfriedman4577 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +148

    This is as dumb as singer Katy perry telling Australian designer Katie perry to give up her trademark.
    I have to look for an update on story.

    • @DylonBridson
      @DylonBridson 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Did that happen?

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @DylonBridson why didnt you google to read about this?
      It happened in Australia.
      Singer Katy perry also had an interesting case with a property she wanted to buy. The church was involved.

    • @psychedelicpayroll5412
      @psychedelicpayroll5412 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Don’t forget that the judges had the audacity to mock the designer when they commented.

    • @arfriedman4577
      @arfriedman4577 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @psychedelicpayroll5412 thanks. I only read a small article.

    • @TheCrazyMoparDude68
      @TheCrazyMoparDude68 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +30

      The oldest son of the late Dale Earnhardt, the NASCAR race driver, was sued by Dale’s widow (not his mother, different marriage)over him using the name “The Earnhardt Collection” for his line of furniture. The witch actually thought she could control the name Earnhardt and prevent his own kids from using it. The judge thought otherwise, thankfully. He said that his son was an Earnhardt long before she was and he had every right to use his given name as he felt needed.

  • @eveningclicks7767
    @eveningclicks7767 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +60

    Smiley face cookie co is waay different than smiley cookies. Smiley is an adjective. Face is a noun. This is like them going after someone who has a company called smiley bug cookie co.

    • @lalotime
      @lalotime 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It is close enough for people to start thinking the companies are related. That's enough to cause a stir.
      Just change the name to Happy Face Cookies. Close enough but different and unique

    • @donjackson5522
      @donjackson5522 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Had a great pizza shop here locally using the name Goodfellas Pizza. They knew Robert DeNiro personally, had memorabilia on the walls, has great pizza. Then a chain from NJ moved in with the same name and issued a cease and desist. The chain pizza was awful & rather than be associated with them, the local shop rebranded. Sad.

  • @phyllisadams385
    @phyllisadams385 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +84

    Has anyone explained to this company no one is trying to infringe on their cookie empire they think they have? That these cookies are serving a purpose? I can’t see any good business not willing to make room in a name for a program for people with disabilities. If that business knows they are attacking this type of program they don’t deserve to be in business.

    • @axmajpayne
      @axmajpayne 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Smiley Cookie is owned by a Eat'n Park, a regional restaurant chain that nobody outside of Western Pennsylvania knows or cares about. The cookies are terrible. I have no idea why they even bother with them.

  • @billydelacey
    @billydelacey 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Always ignore cease-and-desist letters. They're meaningless. Don't waste money on attorneys and court costs until you're served with an actual summons.

  • @youtubesucks3393
    @youtubesucks3393 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Fun fact: those Pittsburgh smiley cooks are the worst of the worst cookies you can buy!! They should worry about that!

    • @Outrunninaround.
      @Outrunninaround. 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Right! They are horrible now. 😂

    • @youtubesucks3393
      @youtubesucks3393 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ they were good?

    • @Outrunninaround.
      @Outrunninaround. 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@youtubesucks3393 you got me.

    • @youtubesucks3393
      @youtubesucks3393 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Outrunninaround. I remember the first time I put one in my mouth, I asked the waitress if they were edible where they were just for decoration lol

  • @invisiblue3212
    @invisiblue3212 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    I truly hope you do a follow-up story on this! The inclusiveness created with these cookies needs to be protected❤

    • @eileenmcdonald1599
      @eileenmcdonald1599 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You can research this using google

  • @rarrafunfitness6230
    @rarrafunfitness6230 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Boycott time

    • @sisterrachel8968
      @sisterrachel8968 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Why

    • @FLQueerLiberal1982
      @FLQueerLiberal1982 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@sisterrachel8968"Why," you ask? Simple... that bigger company is picking on a small business over an issue that is really a non-starter ('Smiley Face Cookie' is not the same as those big shots over there at 'The Smiley Cookie Company'), especially when they could go after other businesses who ACTUALLY have the exact same name, or at least closer to it. Instead, they pick on this wonderful small business that hires disabled people to make these cookies.

    • @jasminlove3251
      @jasminlove3251 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I was thinking this, seem like nitpicking to me.

  • @iano.3780
    @iano.3780 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Wow! i hope that company goes out of business. What a bunch of jerks! These people even help people with special needs. That other company going after them should be ashamed of themselves.

  • @cameroncalzone8860
    @cameroncalzone8860 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    how are you gonna trademark an emotion

    • @sci-fi.tsunami
      @sci-fi.tsunami 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If they could find a way they would. This is why we need to bring insane asylums back.

    • @kisstune
      @kisstune 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same way color combinations get trademarked and musical chord progression gets copyrighted. It's a dumb system that lasts too long.

  • @GeneralLee0178
    @GeneralLee0178 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    Call them Happy face cookies or sun shine cookies screw Eat n Park

  • @imafreakinninja12
    @imafreakinninja12 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +95

    Part of why I wouldn't start a small business is because you could just get sued for anything.

    • @jackalenterprisesofohio
      @jackalenterprisesofohio 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Exactly
      Once I learned this all my ambitions of opening my own business went out the window.

    • @tammyh.8454
      @tammyh.8454 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ALL BY DESIGN! DOES WALMART or TARGET SELL SMILEY COOKIES???? we are all being targeted!

    • @qutielove2208
      @qutielove2208 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      That's a stupid reason to just not own your own business. What your alternative? Work for someone else's business for the rest of your life? Where you're legacy?

    • @imafreakinninja12
      @imafreakinninja12 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@qutielove2208 Um, maybe staying at home and raising children? Continuing your genetic line is your legacy?

    • @DéjaStorm
      @DéjaStorm 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@qutielove2208 tell em 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @Reaper6913
    @Reaper6913 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    they are going after this guy because A they perceive weakness, an easy win. and B if they can take down one they have precedent. and can do it again.

  • @ukulele_cheri
    @ukulele_cheri 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    They can't pick and choose who to defend a trademark against. They have to go after everyone making smiley cookies or they can't go after anyone.

    • @KellysCreativeDreams
      @KellysCreativeDreams 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That’s one of the points that caught my attention. The first thing that came to mind was a scene from Legally Blonde where Elle suggested in a class discussion as to why the guy was going after a single one-night stand child he’d helped create. Why isn’t he going after all the one-night stands. the professor replied - You’ve just won your case. So, yeah. What’s their beef against THIS particular company? Or does he plan to research and go after ALL the ‘cookie’ companies. Unless the name is trademarked (legally, not because he says it is) then they don’t have a case.

    • @withurshield931
      @withurshield931 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeap!! Including every person and child that makes it at home for personal fun, fundraising bake sale, and/or classroom party.

  • @Greyteam4291
    @Greyteam4291 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    Seriously?

  • @CDN1975
    @CDN1975 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    As someone who works with people with developmental disabilities, I love this idea. I would be buying so many cookies if I lived near there.
    God bless this noble bakery.

  • @ben-chan420
    @ben-chan420 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    In my neck of the woods, Eat n Park is referred to as "Eat n Barf"
    It seems we are even more correct in calling them as such now than ever before.

  • @insanecowstar3008
    @insanecowstar3008 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Trademark what? Congratulations, now smiley cookie will be known as the DB company that's trying to take meaningful jobs away from people with disabilities.

  • @Crackheadzzzz
    @Crackheadzzzz 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    I wish I wasn’t in Delaware, I’m a disabled awareness speaker and I would love to buy some smiley cookies from other people like me

  • @janettesessarago4690
    @janettesessarago4690 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    We are all "perfectly imperfect" 🙂

  • @wendygore2709
    @wendygore2709 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    Obviously, the owner of Smiley cookie doesn't have a smiley personality. If I ever had purchased anything from them before, I certainly would never buy anything from them again!! 😡🤮 My sister has been a special Ed teacher for over 30 yrs & growing up, we were involved in visiting homes for people with disabilities. They are the sweetest people on the planet 🥰

    • @vickiechandler3112
      @vickiechandler3112 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      eat n' park restaurants (that make and sell the cookies that sent out the ceaase and desist ) are only in PA, OH, and WV ,..their food and the cookies are just ok....best thing about them are the breakfast buffet and all the bacon you can eat..lol

    • @calanon534
      @calanon534 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@vickiechandler3112 Leave them a comment on their corporate website. Be polite. Make it clear they've lost a customer (even if it's not a customer they've ever had before). Show them that we stand firmly against their actions.

    • @dustin872
      @dustin872 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The smiley cookie CEO better watch his back, if you catch my drift.

  • @kerrilyn2221
    @kerrilyn2221 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Shameful business practice. In this age, people still skip beautiful opportunities to help their businesses. Instead they’d rather sue and look terrible to the public.

  • @LorisSawmill
    @LorisSawmill 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Yes, the smiley face emoji, as part of the Unicode standard, is considered to be in the public domain, meaning anyone can use it without needing permission as it's not subject to copyright restrictions; however, specific designs of the smiley face emoji created by individual companies might have copyright protection for their unique rendition.
    Smiley Cookie Company is a money grabber.
    Make your cookies with Yellow Frosting and a dark color for the face. THAT is NOT copyrighted.

  • @Theblueblurrr
    @Theblueblurrr 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Copyright laws are getting out of hand...

  • @Ultimabendessen
    @Ultimabendessen 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Probably some lawyer's idea.

  • @DarthVader2380
    @DarthVader2380 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    So do company’s go online to see if any other company in the country or world are unknowingly using their name or likeness?

  • @rachelgreene7956
    @rachelgreene7956 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    What a scrooge.

  • @RosaDeSantis-f1e
    @RosaDeSantis-f1e 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Call them happy cookies😂😂😂😂

  • @saquesas
    @saquesas 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +32

    I really don't think they have a case. Smileys are everywhere. They can't claim they originated the smiley cookie.
    Anybody could make one. Doesn't everybody make chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut butter? I think they're rotten to do this. I will never, ever visit one of there establishments.

    • @Digikidthevoiceofreason
      @Digikidthevoiceofreason 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Their*

    • @withurshield931
      @withurshield931 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Can you imagine Chips A Hoy suing people for making chocolate chip cookies?

  • @TNEKJA
    @TNEKJA 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Smh..pathetic.

  • @mrath
    @mrath 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    As iconic as the Smiley Cookie and Eat N Park is in the Pittsburgh (and surrounding region) area, this lawsuit needs to be thrown out. It would be different if Eat N Park was established in the St. Louis area prior to the start of the "Smiley Cookie Co.", however currently there is not one Eat N Park within the state of Missouri (or Illinois for that matter).

    • @withurshield931
      @withurshield931 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      EXACTLY. They are in no way a competitive or financial threat.

  • @justdessertsgaming7609
    @justdessertsgaming7609 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I despise companies like this. Like Frankfort trying to sue little bakeries from making cocoa bombs knowing they didn’t even sell them until they started making a come back from all the little bakeries.

  • @chessyoshi8626
    @chessyoshi8626 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +35

    Just change it to "happy place cookies" cause cookies bring me to my happy place. Fun name, problem solved.

    • @Bill-im6nt
      @Bill-im6nt 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      Some other nitwit will claim that too!

    • @jackpijjin4088
      @jackpijjin4088 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      The problem is lawfare.

    • @nickpatterson6099
      @nickpatterson6099 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@jackpijjin4088protecting your trademark isn't the same as trying to destroy another company. What a weird thing to suggest. A cease and desist would be as far as it would go with a simple name change.

    • @smittysmeee
      @smittysmeee 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Look at you solving the problem instead of complaining about it. That level of reasonableness isn't wanted here! We just want to vilify cooperate America! lol

    • @bride4jesus0126
      @bride4jesus0126 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@smittysmeee😂 *Corporate America bro 😅

  • @MR-nu2ew
    @MR-nu2ew 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    So so sad..

  • @viridia1526
    @viridia1526 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Needs to be a limit to what people can trademark. Not even colours are safe.

  • @mindysuarez1699
    @mindysuarez1699 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Don't give up❤I will never buy from the other company now. Can we order online with your company

  • @RoyalMasterpiece
    @RoyalMasterpiece 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    SHAME ON THE COOKIE COMPANY. The bakery should be left alone! Let the people make snd sell the cookies! ❤

  • @calanon534
    @calanon534 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +36

    Leave EAT'n'PARK Restaurants a comment on their corporate website. Be polite. Make it clear they've lost a customer (even if it's not a customer they've ever had before). Show them that we stand firmly against their actions.

    • @jonnyfendi2003
      @jonnyfendi2003 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No. Im still eating there when i pass through. Sorry

    • @AdmiralStoicRum
      @AdmiralStoicRum 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@jonnyfendi2003
      You don't have to tell them that.

    • @nickpatterson6099
      @nickpatterson6099 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You're against them for protecting their legally own trademark? It's easy being a couch warrior but if it was your business you'd feel different.

    • @calanon534
      @calanon534 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@nickpatterson6099 I'm against what is obviously corporate lawfare against an organization that benefits and works with the most vulnerable members of society. This isn't about trademark infringement, this is a large corporation throwing its weight around, and targeting an organization that has operated under this name for.. how long? They've gone how many decades with the two entities co-existing? This is no more than bullying the most vulnerable people in society.
      If I was the CEO of that company? The one holding the other trademark? It's a simple choice: I would not engage in lawfare against people with disabilities making cookies.
      It's easy to be a corporate shill when you've obviously been raised without proper moral guidance and lack empathy for other human beings.

    • @AdmiralStoicRum
      @AdmiralStoicRum 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jonnyfendi2003 Sure you can still eat there, just you know don't tell them that. Go ahead and be like yeah I'm never eating at your place again They're reacting more to the letter than they are to your action. Of course other people who do act will reduce their money.

  • @soniccd9983
    @soniccd9983 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    How can you trademark a human emotion we all experience?

  • @chrishilton7259
    @chrishilton7259 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm offering up an idea. See if the company threatening the law suit has a valid copyright. If they do, ask if you can lease the use of the right for a token amount of money.
    Owners of valid copyrights are basically required to protect their right when they discover someone else violating their copyright. If they don't, they will lose their rights. The law forces them to be the bad guy in cases like this.
    The leasing idea is a good work around where everybody wins.

  • @RR-zq3mk
    @RR-zq3mk 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Imagine being triggered by a friendly company name………

  • @thegreenlightstop
    @thegreenlightstop 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is so ridiculous. Where Luigi at?

  • @bigbadbubba099
    @bigbadbubba099 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Wow sour grapes over a cookie??? Ya can't even have a damn cookie anymore😢

  • @stacyflood4319
    @stacyflood4319 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You gotta be kidding??? Picking on people with disabilities is as low as it gets!!! This is horrible 🤬

  • @cameroncurrie7208
    @cameroncurrie7208 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Just call them happy cookies.

    • @chilomine839
      @chilomine839 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That'd imply they add a different kind of ingredient.

  • @yt650
    @yt650 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Whether you like it or not, Eat n Park has successfully encouraged many others to not infringe on their trademark. Originally this cookie was made by Warner bakery in Titusville Pennsylvania.

  • @alixp3411
    @alixp3411 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    What a jerk Eat n Park is. A smiley face should be open to anyone and should never be patented. Ridiculous!!

    • @WUStLBear82
      @WUStLBear82 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If you don't defend your trademark, you can lose it. It doesn't matter how sympathetic the violators make themselves look.

    • @wowbogazzled1369
      @wowbogazzled1369 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@WUStLBear82 How does the boot taste?

  • @pipkinrahl7264
    @pipkinrahl7264 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hasn't the courts already said that "Smiley face" can't be copyrighted.

  • @cynthiagonzalez658
    @cynthiagonzalez658 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Wasn't that invented by Forrest Gump⁉️😁

    • @jaywholoveseveryone1721
      @jaywholoveseveryone1721 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Please don't get the shirt manufacturers into this.😊😂

    • @rodneykang-
      @rodneykang- 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      "Have a nice day!"

  • @gusjones9388
    @gusjones9388 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Well, if you have a trademark, you have to defend it.

  • @marketads1
    @marketads1 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Social media brings bad news when businesses get noticed for their online promotions. In the “old days” who would know?

  • @1BlackSheep
    @1BlackSheep 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Just change it to Happy Face cookie company , Only have to change one word.

  • @kenlompart9905
    @kenlompart9905 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Why not just shorten it to smile cookies or happy face or even just happy cookies.

  • @quantumphaser
    @quantumphaser 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My next door neighbor's dog won't shut up this morning.

  • @RascPintu1
    @RascPintu1 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Only good thing at eat n park is the breakfast buffet. Their cookies are nasty

  • @KFARR
    @KFARR 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Trademark and copyrights need a huge revamp
    This type of thing is getting out of hand

  • @budsak7771
    @budsak7771 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Could make Mr. Bill's "Oh No" face on the cookies. 😮
    Oh No Cookies 🤣

  • @shirleywright2867
    @shirleywright2867 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not even from the same state. Copyrights have gotten ridiculous. You can't even use common words anymore.

  • @kelseywillow8110
    @kelseywillow8110 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Are you direct competition? No probably not. It’s such a common used word.

    • @Satoshi9801
      @Satoshi9801 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unless Eat n'Park considers a restaurant 547 miles away from their nearest location to be "direct competition"...

  • @nerobaal6655
    @nerobaal6655 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Smiley face sent me a cease and desist for selling keychains with smiley faces.

  • @user-nf6ho2do8c
    @user-nf6ho2do8c 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Shame that the disabled are being targeted.

  • @yolyV-hg3uc
    @yolyV-hg3uc 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This is outrageous. Don’t let the other cookie person bully you

  • @LisaMonique
    @LisaMonique 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Well, the Pennsylvania company has had had the name trademarked since 1987, As a small business, even I knew to do a simple trademark search before naming anything...just because a new brand comes out with humanitarian mission doesn't make it right...just change the name, it doesn't have to change the mission.

  • @Yonah_144
    @Yonah_144 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Never ever let a cease and desist scare you, ever. Get an attorney.

    • @HeroicRecaps
      @HeroicRecaps 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Easy way to get dragged into court. Bad advice.

  • @AliceHolbrooke-lc4ty
    @AliceHolbrooke-lc4ty 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Something is making a positive affect on people?
    It must be destroyed!
    What is wrong with people?!?

  • @quantumphaser
    @quantumphaser 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm Bruce Nolan, and THAT'S how the cookie crumbled.

  • @PhishCakeX
    @PhishCakeX 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    "The story is almost like a good recipe..." Reminds me of Bruce Almighty's cookie line

    • @shadwell749
      @shadwell749 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      "And that's the way the cookie crumbles"

  • @robertshrewsbury5067
    @robertshrewsbury5067 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you to the company for choosing to work with people with disabilities.

  • @TigersandBearsOhMy
    @TigersandBearsOhMy 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Pittsburgh Smiley cookies have been a thing for longer than I've been alive. Sorry, but that's what it is. That's how trademarks work. Call them something else.

    • @joellewatkins5528
      @joellewatkins5528 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      UUmm. Our Smith bakery here has been making smiley face cookies since 1945. That's way before 1986. You can't trademark a happy face.

  • @adiraodeda7962
    @adiraodeda7962 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I hope he stays in business. I would love to have one of his " special made" cookies. 😊 ❤ from Florida.

  • @docsavage8640
    @docsavage8640 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Maybe don't infringe on trademarks?

  • @sofakingcute9804
    @sofakingcute9804 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Eat n Park must have filed this letter. So petty.

  • @suzz1776
    @suzz1776 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Its not like this is corporation, this is a single bakery. Wtf. Let them keep their name.

  • @jerryd1109
    @jerryd1109 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I would completely ignore that cease and desist order with great prejudice

  • @mselle66
    @mselle66 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    So we can't make a smiley face y cookie omg give it a break literally or no one will even buy your cookies in fact We CAN make our own at home

    • @Jirai_Grepher
      @Jirai_Grepher 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Make yourself a comma while you're at it.

    • @obsidianbarnowldesigns
      @obsidianbarnowldesigns 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      says the person with a room temp IQ defending a crappy mega corporation and putting down a small business doing genuine good

    • @thearcheduck8746
      @thearcheduck8746 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@obsidianbarnowldesigns Eat n park (and by extension smiley cookies) is far from a mega corporation to be fair.

    • @obsidianbarnowldesigns
      @obsidianbarnowldesigns 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@thearcheduck8746 fine maybe not mega but still definitely corporate bs where everything is half@ssed in the name of profit

    • @Bill-im6nt
      @Bill-im6nt 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Jirai_Grepher DANGER! DANGER! Will Robinson! Wild punctuation and spelling police on the loose!!

  • @spacefacecadet
    @spacefacecadet 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A soon as i saw the picture i knew it was eat n park. "Smiley cookie" and "smiley face cookie" are clearly different, and the design is also what one might call "legally distinct." Obviously not enforceable, but I'm sure Parkhurst, the parent company, is banking on him being unable to afford to fight it. Shame on them.

  • @DangDuctri-ky8vg
    @DangDuctri-ky8vg 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Cookie are a thing of the stupid past history now, it might be sound or illustrated as goodful wishful kind thing, but it is just (over-complicated) bread -> rice

  • @SquirrelHill
    @SquirrelHill 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Eat’n Park may very well have legal justification for suing The SmileyFace Cookie Co. But at the same time, suing a company that employs people with disabilities for a trademark infringement seems morally wrong, and can only serve to hurt Eat’n Park’s reputation.

  • @Iamgroot9170
    @Iamgroot9170 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    They hired Greta Thunberg to make cookies? ROTF LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @michaelyazemboski2798
      @michaelyazemboski2798 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      “How dare you!” -Greta

    • @sunnybunnyfeeling7062
      @sunnybunnyfeeling7062 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You should respect your coworkers. Maybe you will get to frosting station eventually.

  • @pamelaburks8695
    @pamelaburks8695 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If I lived near where this cookie Co that's sue that company that employees the disabled, well I'd boycott them and tell anyone I know too. That's just plain evil.

  • @finnmcginn9931
    @finnmcginn9931 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Tim Hortons in canada has been selling smiley cookies for decades with proceeds going to charity. Try suing them

    • @greatgecks2256
      @greatgecks2256 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Actually it smile Cooke and it’s not their company trademarked name, the issue is over the company name not the cookie design

  • @deniseeulert2503
    @deniseeulert2503 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have there been any updates?