PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Fast food giant McDonald's on Tuesday lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'.
Malaysia's Federal Court dismissed an application by McDonald's Corporation to appeal against an earlier Appeals Court judgment which allowed McCurry to use the prefix.
Chief Judge of Malaya Ariffin Zakaria, reading the verdict of the three-person Federal Court in the administrative capital, said McDonald's had failed to properly frame its questions when applying to challenge the Appeals Court's earlier verdict.
"It is unfortunate that we have to dismiss the application with costs," Ariffin said.
McCurry, which is short for "Malaysian Chicken Curry", serves Malaysian staples including fish head curry, according to the company website (www.mccurryrecipe.com).
"We feel great that this eight-year legal battle is finally over, and we can now go ahead with whatever we plan to do such as opening new branches," McCurry owner P. Suppiah told Reuters after the court decision.
McDonald's, which has 185 outlets in Malaysia, first sued the curry restaurant in 2001 and a High Court ruled in favour of the international fast food chain in 2006.
McCurry then took the matter up to the Court of Appeal, which ruled in favour of the Malaysian restaurant. McDonald's subsequently took the matter to the Federal Court.
The McDonald's operation in this country of 27 million people is run as a franchise by prominent businessman Vincent Tan.
sebab restoran kari tu pakai Mc curry pon nak saman, pelik nak mampos...
kat jasin lagi pulak ada fast food nama Mc dota....rileks je (udin penah cube tekel bie kat situ)....
kalau nak sangat saman.... pegila saman Ahmad Mckeen...ada berani ke...backup geng skudai kuat mamat ni...
pelik sial, macam ni punye kes pon ada....
lepas ni udin boleh cuba cuba intai sape sape lagi atas muka bumi malaysia ni yang cuba pakai brandname 'ooodeen'....mane tau bole menang...
7 comments:
i am first.....
ahahaha gelabah gila orang komen camni. kenapa mahu menjadi first utk komen? sesungguhnya anda membuang masa yg berharga
ko mmg hebat
i am thirdddd...amacam lagi celaka tak?
hahaha
kes mcd lawan mckari ni memang kelakar dow...
tapi klimaks lawak kat mcdota. watdehel pegi tackel awek kat mcdota
buntut laaaa...McDota tu laa dulu Udin pegi Ahmad McKeen dgn GUA, sat lagi bila order tak sampai2, Ahmad Mackeen pun cakap, "Kak, dah siap belum??" akak tu pun jawab, "Akak dah siap dah"
kene buat kastemer komplen tuh...
reputasi mc dota nak taruk mana kalau staff macam tu
mari heret mcdota ke court
ahahahaha wak..aku pun terlupa trejedi tu. keh ekh ekh e....akak dah siap dah. beli burger ngn ayam kot masa tu, tak ingat la aku.
Post a Comment