What's in a name? McDonald's defeated in 'McCurry' case

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"Fast food giant loses eight-year legal battle against Malaysian curry restaurant


The fast food giant McDonald's has lost a David v Goliath legal battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant which used the term 'McCurry'.

The eight-year legal dispute ended when Malaysia's highest court ruled in favour of the curry house, in Kuala Lumpur.

After the trademark battle, the federal court rejected a McDonald's Corporation appeal against an earlier judgement that had allowed the curry restaurant to use the 'Mc' prefix. McDonald's was also ordered to pay costs.

The owner of McCurry, which includes fish-head curry on its menu, successfully argued that the name stood for Malaysian chicken curry."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2009/sep/08/mcdonalds-mccurry-legal-battle-malaysia