Cheetos to Rival Peatos: Back Off

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Sounds like Peatos guy infringed the copyright all over the place in order to get publicity for his snack, as he must have known Cheetos would send him a lawyer letter and it would make the news.
 
‘eetos’ foods will lose market share, just like big beer companies are losing shelf space to craft beers.
 
I’d try the Peatos if they were priced comparably to Cheetos and I didn’t have to drive to Whole Paycheck, I mean, Whole Foods, to buy them.
 
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Accuses healthier alternative of copyright infringement
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Close-circuit to “Newser Staff”: it’s trademark, not copyright.

Sorry, I work in legal news and it drives me crazy that these junky “news” sources don’t know the difference between basic legal terms 🤢
 
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Peatos CEO: Cheetos Trademark Claim Won't Stop Brand Success

PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division, which makes Cheetos, accused World Peas Brand’s Peatos of trademark infringement. PepsiCo alleges that Peatos’ name and paw-print logo are “confusingly similar” to Cheetos and that Peato’s slogan, “tigers live longer than cheetahs,” unfairly denigrates the Cheetos...
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Peatos should rename their product.

Maybe, “Peas Noodles”
 
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We Tried Peatos vs. Cheetos

Try Peatos’ for Free at Select Kroger Stores with Friday Free Download Coupon You may have seen the news that Pepsi Co.’s Frito Lay division issued a cease-and-desist letter to World Peas Brand defending its trademark against World Peas’ use of a tiger paw print and claim that “Tigers Live...
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Maybe this topic could be moved to “Casual discussion”. Snack foods aren’t really “news”
 
Tis_Bearself said:
Sounds like Peatos guy infringed the copyright all over the place in order to get publicity for his snack, as he must have known Cheetos would send him a lawyer letter and it would make the news.
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I wonder if you could make the Kleenex argument, that the brand has become equivalent to the generic name.
 
I don’t consider every time Donald Trump raises his pinky finger to be “news” either, but if it has a news article attached, it’s “news” to me for purposes of this forum. If we start picking nits about what one person wants to read in the “news” section we’ll be here all day.

Also, I think business and product and lawsuit news is news. It’s not a thread about what snack we all ate for lunch.
 
His last post seemed to include a link to a coupon for peatos. I guess I read it incorrectly.
 
Theo520 said:
I wonder if you could make the Kleenex argument, that the brand has become equivalent to the generic name.
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Unlikely to be a strong argument. They’d need to be able to present evidence to the court that Cheetos has become the widespread word for all cheese-flavored puffed cornmeal snacks with no distinction to the brand itself. I doubt there’s much evidence that consumers use the word that way.
 
interesting that this product was invented way back in 1976, by their janitor. I don’t recall seeing it until recently.

I’m also thoroughly unimpressed with the doctor they quoted.
Dr. Friedman says that she isn’t sure what ingredients in these hot snacks cause the stomach issues, but feels that the spice is the likely culprit.

“I don’t know what the actual chemical component is that makes it hot, but I’m sure that if it’s burning in your mouth, it can burn other parts of your GI tract as well — there’s no reason to expect that it wouldn’t,” she says. “So it’s not surprising to me at all that the consumption of Hot Cheetos or Takis are indeed linked to stomachaches.”
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Though it can aggitate existing stomach issues, is certainly doesn’t ‘burn’ your stomach.

Frito Lay needs to add some fiber to their product.
 
Theo520 said:
interesting that this product was invented way back in 1976, by their janitor. I don’t recall seeing it until recently.
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One day, a machine broke in the assembly line, causing some Cheetos to not get dusted with the bright orange cheese powder, so Richard took some home and put chili powder on them. He created his own recipe for a spicier version of Cheetos that was inspired by a Mexican street snack called elote (corncob).
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