McCurry, the restaurant that defied the Big Mac wins 8-year battle
From Daily Mail:
McDonald’s has lost an eight-year trademark battle to stop a restaurant in Malaysia calling itself McCurry.
The country’s federal court said the fast food giant could not appeal against another court’s verdict that had allowed the restaurant to use the ‘Mc’ prefix.
The owner says McCurry, which serves Indian food, is an abbreviation for Malaysian Chicken Curry.
Malaysia’s highest court agreed – and ruled that McDonald’s cannot appeal the verdict in a precedent-setting judgement.
The ruling by a three-member panel of the Federal Court ends all legal avenues for McDonald’s to protect its name from what it said was a trademark infringement.
McDonald’s will have to pay 10,000 ringgit (£1,760) to McCurry, a popular eatery in Jalan Ipoh on the edge of Kuala Lumpur.
McDonald’s lawyers refused to comment, except to say the company will abide by the judgement.
McCurry lawyer Sri Devi Nair said the ruling means McDonald’s does not have a monopoly on the prefix ‘Mc,’ and that other restaurants could also use it as long as they distinguish their food from McDonald’s. Read more at Daily Mail
More at Bloomberg, McDonald’s Loses Appeal Against Malaysia’s McCurry.
More at newstraitstimes, McDonald’s vs McCurry: McDonald’s to rephrase questions
See video reporting from McCurry’s restaurant and hear comments from McCurry’s owner.
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