Smiley Cookie
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| Place of origin | United States |
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| Region or state | Western Pennsylvania |
The Smiley cookie is a trade-marked cookie that is created and distributed by the Eat'n Park Corporation of Homestead, Pennsylvania through their restaurants & online business; Smileycookie.com . The signature Smiley Cookie was created in 1986 and coincided with the addition of in-store bakeries at its locations. The Smiley Cookie was first produced by Warner's Bakery, a small bakery in Titusville, Pennsylvania.[1] It was trademarked in 1987.[2] The Smiley Cookie became so popular that it was added to the logo of Eat'n Park. A competitor, Kings Family Restaurants produced the "Frownie", a brownie decorated with a frowning face. The "Frownie" was discontinued in 2015 after Kings was sold to a private equity firm.[3] Eat'n Park filed several lawsuits against companies outside the restaurants' operating area to enforce its trademark[4] on the Smiley Cookie.[2][5][6] The costumed Smiley cookie made appearances throughout the Pittsburgh region and travels in a 1974 DIVCO Milk truck-- but now travels in a branded-van; the Cookie Cruiser.[7]
On December 31, 2010, the Eat'n Park corporation filed a federal lawsuit in Texas against Crumb Corps for infringing on the trademarked cookie.[2]
References
- ^ "Eat'n Park Blog". blog.eatnpark.com.
- ^ a b c Cato, Jason (January 25, 2010). "Eat'n Park takes on Texas company over its Smiley Face cookie". Tribune-Review. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ "Kings Family Restaurants Sold To San Diego Private Equity Firm". 23 April 2015.
- ^ "USPTO Trademark Status & Document Retrieval: Smiley Face Cookie". tsdr.uspto.gov. February 5, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ Ove, Torsten (May 21, 2015). "Eat'n Park sues Chicago cookie-maker over Smiley trademark". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ Brandolph, Adam (May 20, 2015). "No smile here: Eat'n Park sues Chicago cookie maker". Tribune-Review. Pittsburgh, PA. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ http://www.eatnpark.com/content.aspx?ContentID=54
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