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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 17 points 2 years 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 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

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