MADELEINE BRAND, host:
A cookie may make you smile, but rarely do cookies smile back at you, which brings us to our last word in business today: happy food causing some angry faces.
The Eat'n Park restaurant chain in Pennsylvania claims it's the only company that can brighten up cookies with a smiley face that's made of icing. It's owned the trademark for more than 20 years.
Now, Eat'n Park is suing a Texas company called Crumb Corps for trademark infringement. It says Crumb Corps has no right to sell grinning baked goods, no matter how ubiquitous a smiley face may be.
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STEVE INSKEEP, host:
I don't think anybody has the right to sell grinning baked goods.
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INSKEEP: Fewer smiley faces, please.
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BRAND: You're smiling.
That's the business news from NPR News. I'm Madeleine Brand.
INSKEEP: And I'm Steve Inskeep.