The insanity and inanity of certain trademark infringement cases...
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
I quite surprised people are still eating at McCrap. Give it 10 years and maybe they'll be gone.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Isnt there a clause in trademarks that means if a term or logo is linked to a company or product in the mind of consumers then its covered by copyright, in which case they would definitely have a case as MaccDees have been know as McDump for years
Go away and research the subject, analyze the options for and against, understand the problem and them come back when you agree with me.
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I quite surprised people are still eating at McCrap. Give it 10 years and maybe they'll be gone.
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It's the only burger place near where I work. I don't drive and the nearest burger king is around 8 miles away.
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It's the only burger place near where I work. I don't drive and the nearest burger king is around 8 miles away.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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article states:
The owner of McCurry insists its "Mc" prefix is an abbreviation for Malaysian Chicken Curry.
:omg: Oh, come on !
There was a case years ago where a woman whose name was McDonald traded under the name and they sued, they lost as a court said it was within her right to trade under her own name. So long as she didn't supply shit-in-a-stale-bap burgers she could continue with her company name.
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annathor wrote:
choosing between sh*t and crap.
An easy choice: one is a one-star restaurant, the other isn't. :)
Luc Pattyn
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There was a case years ago where a woman whose name was McDonald traded under the name and they sued, they lost as a court said it was within her right to trade under her own name. So long as she didn't supply shit-in-a-stale-bap burgers she could continue with her company name.
------------------------------------ "Men may make bad decisions, immoral decisions or just plain wrong decisions, but at least they make decisions. Women on the other hand..." Patrick Kielty 2006
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annathor wrote:
choosing between sh*t and crap.
An easy choice: one is a one-star restaurant, the other isn't. :)
Luc Pattyn
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
one is a one-star restaurant
I give up which one, obviously I have not been into either in a VERY long time. They served up Burger King at the office recently, tasted like cardboard and the texture was horrible. How anyone can choose to eat that crap is beyond me.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
one is a one-star restaurant
I give up which one, obviously I have not been into either in a VERY long time. They served up Burger King at the office recently, tasted like cardboard and the texture was horrible. How anyone can choose to eat that crap is beyond me.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
choosing between sh*t and cr*p
FTFY :) Luc Pattyn
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Meh, I like big macs. But a triple whopper once in a while would be nice esp since McD doesn't do the mega macs or supersize anymore. Suppose it's to get people to buy extra big macs / hamburgers with their meal...
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^].
Wow very, very, very nice to know. McCarlo. :-D
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Isnt there a clause in trademarks that means if a term or logo is linked to a company or product in the mind of consumers then its covered by copyright, in which case they would definitely have a case as MaccDees have been know as McDump for years
Go away and research the subject, analyze the options for and against, understand the problem and them come back when you agree with me.
You need to ask our very own Mr Clifton about trademark infringement - he felt the force of Quark a couple of years ago for daring to use an X in a product name. Funnily enough, Quark didn't have the will to take on Microsoft over Excel.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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McDonalds has just lost an 8 year battle trying to prevent a restaurant chain calling itself McCurry[^]. That's it, I'm off for a McDump now - I await their lawyers with a worm on my tongue.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
As the ex manager of what at the time was the largest McDonalds in the world, I have to object to some of the descriptions of their products in this thread. Everyone has the right to like or dislike any product, but descending to the level of calling it shit or crap just because you don't like it is seriously infantile. I prefer to use a PC but I don't call Macs crap because of that, and the reverse would be true as well. I am not waving the flag for McDs Their products would not be my first choice of comestibles, but they are good enough when a quick bite is all that is needed. Now if you want to call their aiming the majority of their advertising at children crap, then please go ahead, I'll even sign the petition. In particular I object to DD's description of the buns as 'stale'. I have found some of the firmest, most luscious, most squeezable buns in my not inconsiderable experience, inside the uniform trousers of some of the female crew members.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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As the ex manager of what at the time was the largest McDonalds in the world, I have to object to some of the descriptions of their products in this thread. Everyone has the right to like or dislike any product, but descending to the level of calling it shit or crap just because you don't like it is seriously infantile. I prefer to use a PC but I don't call Macs crap because of that, and the reverse would be true as well. I am not waving the flag for McDs Their products would not be my first choice of comestibles, but they are good enough when a quick bite is all that is needed. Now if you want to call their aiming the majority of their advertising at children crap, then please go ahead, I'll even sign the petition. In particular I object to DD's description of the buns as 'stale'. I have found some of the firmest, most luscious, most squeezable buns in my not inconsiderable experience, inside the uniform trousers of some of the female crew members.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Maccy Ds keep 'em, but please don't but them in every freakin street corner with all the litter they create.
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