McPatel Foods, an Ahmedabad-based company, has sued McDonald's, alleging 'groundless threats' over its use of the prefix 'Mc'. McPatel, which sells French fries under the brand 'Ohh! Potato', seeks to ...
In McCurry Restaurant (KL) Sdn Bhd v McDonald’s Corporation, McDonald’s Corporation has lost an eight-year legal battle over the use of the prefix 'Mc' as part of the name of a restaurant. Among other ...
Years ago, I was walking the halls of an advertising agency client and came across an art director playing with a logo for a client’s soon to be newest brand, MCSLEEP INN. Curious, I asked what the ...
Upholding a 2013 ruling that the MacCoffee trademark was invalid the court decreed that the Singaporean company had benefited unduly from McDonald’s branding and therefore must change its name. It ...
Following the recent MacCoffee decision from the CJEU General Court, Hernán Ríos, Xuefang Huang, Katherine Lai and Coleen Morrison provide a guide to registering trade marks with prefixes and suffixes ...