• Canadian_Cabinet @lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

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

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      8 months 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.

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      8 months ago

      This happened in Australia too, that’s why we have hungry jacks and not burger king

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        8 months ago

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

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      8 months 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

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        8 months ago

        What is “southern Ireland”? Do you mean Ireland?

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          8 months ago

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

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        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.

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          8 months ago

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