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[-] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 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

[-] Spacemanspliff@midwest.social 20 points 1 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.

[-] mitch8128@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

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

[-] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 6 points 1 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

[-] koper@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 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@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

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

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