Summer House Star Kyle Cooke's Legal Issues Explained

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Mo money, mo problems.

For a while, it appeared Kyle Cooke was riding high off the success of his brand new alcohol brand, Loverboy. Unfortunately, however, that all changed in September 2020 when the owner of Loverboy Bar in New York City, sued Cooke for trademark infringement. According to Us Weekly, the owner of the bar argued in court documents that the local bar had been "making commercial use of its Loverboy Mark in connection with Loverboy services" wayyy before Cooke launched his brand and that included the "marketing and sale of original craft cocktails" and "to-go cocktails" — just like those canned hard teas and cocktails Cooke was peddling. Yikes. 

Cooke, however, wasn't willing to roll over and instead counterclaimed for "declarative relief" citing that his company had the right to use the name and pointed out that the bar's cocktails were only marketed within New York City, whereas his beverages were marketed to a larger demographic. Fortunately, in February 2021, the case was settled and dropped and Cooke emerged victorious. Sadly, however, that wouldn't be the end of Loverboy's legal woes.

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