This is ridiculous. It's only the most well known burger in the world. I'm super surprised that an EU court ruled

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Jan 15, 2019
1:36:12pm

Pimpin4Paradise All-American

This is ridiculous. It's only the most well known burger in the world. I'm super surprised that an EU court ruled

against a US company in favor of an EU one. IP and trademarks only matter in the US anymore apparently.

McDonald's loses 'Big Mac' trademark case to Irish chain Supermac's

The judgment, provided to Reuters by Supermac's, revoked McDonald's registration of the trademark, saying that the world's largest fast-food chain had not proven genuine use of it over the five years prior to the case being lodged in 2017. With the revocation, Supermac's said it can

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-193902076.html

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This is ridiculous. It's only the most well known burger in the world. I'm super surprised that an EU court ruled

Pimpin4Paradise All-American

1/15/19 1:36pm

By the way, if you're scoffing at the IP claim, here is what the Mighty Mac (temporarily renamed pending litigation)

Pimpin4Paradise

1/15/19 1:42pm

hahahaha. thats hot garbage.

riboflavin

1/15/19 1:43pm

Well...that is COMPLETELY different than...

Eddie

1/15/19 1:50pm

RE: This is ridiculous. It's only the most well known burger in the world. I'm

1/15/19 1:44pm

It will be ironic when, Supermac, ubermac, big mac...etc flood the market.

1/15/19 1:44pm

If they aren't using the trademark, and that is the only thing preventing another chain from expansion into UK, then I

scootsy

1/15/19 1:46pm

RE: This is ridiculous. It's only the most well known burger in the world. I'm super surprised that an EU court ruled

Byron McNertney

1/15/19 2:07pm

Who in their right mind would copy that food and be proud of it?

ditch

1/15/19 2:32pm

People who like making money

Bob Vance

1/15/19 2:37pm

Honestly it’s a trend

jkccoug

1/15/19 2:59pm

I would like to see more detail about the court's findings that McDonalds didn't show they were using the trademark

cheezedawg

1/15/19 3:12pm

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molodyets

1/15/19 10:17pm

How has nobody posted this yet

MormonThug

1/15/19 3:24pm

Is it called Coming to America? Can't recall. Hilarious movie though!!

ArchbishopMitty

1/15/19 3:35pm

Good for the EU - IP and trademark need to be abolished. Both hinder innovation.

jvquarterback

1/15/19 3:59pm

How does saying that someone can copy and mimic your

Radioactive Coug

1/15/19 4:04pm

It doesn’t. He has no clue what he’s talking about.

Pimpin4Paradise

1/15/19 6:57pm

Do they hinder innovation? If I can't profit from my own creativity and work because somebody else comes in and takes

cheezedawg

1/15/19 4:56pm

IP certainly hinders innovation. TM may have place preventing fraud.

jvquarterback

1/15/19 10:23pm

I just did a brief scan of academia, and the first 6 papers I read stated the opposite.

cheezedawg

1/15/19 11:42pm

You're not looking hard enough cheeze 🙂

Radioactive Coug

1/16/19 4:34am

Find one that evaluates the costs of patents vs benefits and present it.

jvquarterback

1/16/19 10:00am

Does the data look like this?

Radioactive Coug

1/16/19 4:36am

EU also ruled that water doesn't prevent dehydration. Idiots.

AZ Coug

1/15/19 11:22pm

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