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myLot reputation of 80/100. Vintervarg (376)   ranked 10,323 out of 38,140 in life3 months ago

Finally the fast food giant got a lesson.
McDonald has been in court with the Malaysian McCurry, fighting over the copyright infringement. I do not understand why these guys are so skeptical about other organizations around the world using the 'Mc' prefix. This particle is not untypical to the English language, so I do not believe that McDonalds is the only trademark in the world authorized to use it.
Honestly, I think this copyright protection issue has gone way too far in the USA, so this example with McDonalds losing a case is quite fair, IMHO.

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 42/100. inedible (182)   ranked 24,282 out of 38,140 in life   3 months ago

To be fair, Malaysia is nowhere near Scotland/Ireland, which is where the "Mc" prefix in names originates.

So unless they sell Scottish/Irish curry, or the owner of the store is Scottish/Irish, they probably were trying to rip off McDonald's name.


myLot reputation of 80/100. Vintervarg (376)   ranked 10,323 out of 38,140 in life  3 months ago

Actually they won the case by convincing the jury that Mc in their case is a different kind of prefix, which stands for Malaysian Chicken


myLot reputation of 42/100. inedible (182)   ranked 24,282 out of 38,140 in life  3 months ago

Eheheheh. I think that's a lie, since if it was supposed to be an abbreviation, both the letters would be capitalised. But, hell, I don't care. I'm just happy that a huge corporation lost a lawsuit like that.
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2. myLot reputation of 97/100. rosdimy (1880)   ranked 498 out of 38,140 in life   3 months ago

So far there is only one McCurry outlet. The owner is of Indian descent. The use of the small 'c' is based on aesthetics. The combined letters 'McCurry';ppks better than 'MCCurry'.

There are people who want to own everything. McDonald should have realised that people can differentiate between the two names, and serve different types of food. Maybe someone in McDonald Malaysia is kicking his/her own backside, for not coming up with the name. Imagine the new range of food that cater for local taste.

By the way the Malaysian bagpipes team (army) had several times in the past shown that they were, I do not know about now, on par with Scottish bagpipes players.

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