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McDonald's vs McCurry

Fast food chain McDonald’s lost a lawsuit in Malaysia this week after an appeals court overruled a decision that its trademark had been infringed by a local restaurant called McCurry.

Judge Gopal Sri Ram said: “Where the learned judge, with respect, erred is to assume that McDonald’s had a monopoly in the use of the prefix ‘Mc’ on a signage or in the conduct of business.”

McCurry serves Indian fast food from one restaurant in Kuala Lumpur as well Malaysian dishes such as fish head curry. The name, apparently, is short for “Malaysian Chicken Curry,” according to the company website (www.mccurryrecipe.com).

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .