• Canadian_Cabinet
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    551 year ago

    My favorite trademark story is how McDonald’s lost the rights to the name Big Mac in Ireland due to an existing trademark

    • @[email protected]
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      171 year ago

      What’s next about that is if they had activity bothered to treat the case seriously and bumbled their paperwork so hard the judge ruled against them.

      • lemmyvore
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        71 year ago

        And to Wendy’s in Netherlands, which is why there’s no Wendy’s in the EU.

    • @Mr_Blott
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      81 year ago

      Not just Ireland, southern Ireland is EU so they lost it in the whole of Europe

      The BK near me was offering King Macs for a while just to take the piss

        • @Mr_Blott
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          21 year ago

          Most yanks don’t know the difference, just clarifying for them here father dougal

      • @Squizzy
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        41 year ago

        Southern Ireland isn’t a thing. Ireland makes up about 80% of the island of Ireland and Northern Ireland is what remains. But you’re correct, they challenged our local Ray Kroc and lost.

        • @Mr_Blott
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          01 year ago

          Yes, I know mate, I was clarifying for those who think the UK is called Engurlaaand