Tuesday, September 8, 2009

McDonald's losing legal battle against the eight Malaysian Restaurant

U.S. giant in the field of fast food restaurants - McDonald's, an eight-year legal battle losses, which wanted to prohibit a Malaysian restaurant to be called McCurry. From McDonald's claim that the use of the prefix "Mc" infringes on a copyright trademark of the U.S. chain. The Federal Court in Kuala Lumpur, however, ruled that there was no evidence that McCurry is trying to present as part of "empire" McDonald's, Air Force forward. The owner of McCurry - Pi soups, allegedly prefix "Mc" in the name of his restaurant is an acronym for Malaysian Chicken (from English "Malaysian chicken, editor's note.). U.S. chain, which has over 180 restaurants in Malaysia, has started to sue restaurants McCurry in 2001 In 2006 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of McDonald's, but McCurry turned to the Court of Appeal, which rejected the decision. From McDonald's replied dealt a case before federal court. Pi Soups told reporters after the announcement of the sentence that now will be able to press ahead with development of its business, which includes opening new branches. McCurry began operations in Kuala Lumpur in 1999 restaurant serves Indian food. Lawyers for McDonald's said that the company has adopted the decision.

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