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[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 64 points 10 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

[-] Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 20 points 10 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.

[-] mitch8128@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

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

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 8 points 10 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

[-] koper@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What is "southern Ireland"? Do you mean Ireland?

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months 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@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

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

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