It was the world’s largest chain of fast food outlets take the little restaurant to court. because of the landmark issue and it is about two letters of the alphabet "Mc". Mc Donald wants to protect its name from what it said was a trademark infringement.
But in the end the giant fast food McDonald’s lost an eight-year trademark battle to prevent local restaurant. The Court of Appeal ruled that it was wrong to assume that McDonald's had a monopoly in the use of the prefix 'Mc' on a signage or in the conduct of business, and the irresistible inference to be drawn from the totality of the evidence is that McCurry's Restaurant signboard would not result in reasonable persons associating McCurry Restaurant with the McDonald's mark. McDonald’s was also ordered to pay RM10,000 in costs to McCurry....
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http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/7/nation/20090907155554&sec=nation
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/8/business/20090908111316&sec=business
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