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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 52 points 11 months 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 11 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 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago

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