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Fast Food giant McDonald’s reportedly lost an eight year long legal battle against a curry restaurant on Tuesday after the Malaysian high court allowed the restaurant to use the prefix “Mc” for which the former had filed a case for trademark violation.
The Chief Judge of Malaysia Ariffin Zakaria passed on the verdict on the said that McDonald’s have failed to frame its questions properly. The Malaysia Federal Court thus dismissed the application filed by the fast food chain giant who argued that “McCurry” has violated their copyright rules by using the prefix “Mc”. The legal tussle went on for eight long years with “McCurry” finally receiving the green signal to continue with their ongoing business. McCurry which is actually the abbreviation for “Malaysian Chicken Curry” serves Malaysian staples. “We feel great that the eight year legal battle is finally over and now we can go ahead with whatever we plan to do such as opening new branches,” said a jubilant P.Suppiah, the owner of McCurry. The restaurant was refrained from doing business all these years due to the on going legal tussle.
McDonald’s which has as many as 185 outlets in Malaysia sued McCurry in the year 2001. A High Court ruled the judgment in favor of the fast food giant. It was then when McCurry took the issue to the Court of Appeal which ruled its judgment in favor of the curry restaurant. McDonald’s then took the case to Federal Court where the verdict was given in favor of McCurry, thus allowing it to continue with its business.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia — U.S. fast food giant McDonald’s lost an eight-year trademark battle to prevent local restaurant McCurry from using the ‘Mc’ prefix in a precedent-setting judgment by Malaysia’s highest court.
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