Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Moustache Cookie Bar naming dispute
Cookie Time asked Auckland café Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar to change its name, asserting that the phrase Cookie Bar could infringe rights associated with Cookie Time's Queenstown retail concept. The business continued using the name for several years, later promoting itself simply as Moustache.
2011
Chinese trademark-logo dispute
Cookie Time filed a case concerning a Chinese trademark application that used artwork the company said was identical to its logo.
2007
Industrial-safety breach and worker injury
Cookie Time was fined $40,000 after a worker became trapped in machinery and broke her arm, in a case involving industrial-safety regulations.
2000
Christmas-cookie bucket packaging dispute
Cookie Time alleged that Griffin's had used a plastic bucket design too similar to its Christmas-cookie packaging. Griffin's withdrew 10,000 buckets from sale.