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With all the due respect, this is not the place for this matter, maybe a generalist anti-globalisation list. I would like to ask all the list members to stay on topic. Otherwise, this forum will turn useless with over-postings. Regards, Francisco Javier Bernal co-list manager ----- Original Message ----- From: Stasi To: Anti-NATO Cc: LeftNet Post Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 6:55 AM Subject: UK: McDonalds Must Eat Words In McChina Name Battle - SCMP [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- South China Morning Post Wednesday, November 28, 2001 McDonald's must eat words in McChina name battle REUTERS in London Updated at 11.38am: McDonald's, the world's largest restaurant company, on Tuesday lost a legal bid to stop a British-based restaurateur from using the name ''McChina''. A judge at London's High Court said the US fast food giant, which has 29,000 outlets worldwide, was trying to monopolise the ''Mc'' prefix. Judge David Neuberger overruled an earlier decision to prevent restaurateur Frank Yu Kwan Yuen from registering ''McChina'' as a British trademark. ''It appears to me on analysis that McDonald's are virtually seeking to monopolise all names and words with the prefix Mc or Mac,'' the judge said. Mr Yuen said he hoped to create ''a new generation of Chinese food'' with fast food restaurants across Britain. Mr Yuen, who moved to England from China in 1967, said he had adopted the Mc prefix to signify ''son of'', as in Scottish names. However, his trademark application was rejected after McDonald's said it breached its established trademarks including McDonald's, MacDonald's, Mc and Mac. The Illinois-based company said it feared the McChina name would confuse customers into thinking the Chinese fast food restaurants were owned by McDonald's. Rejecting McDonald's evidence, the judge said there was an ''absence of any evidence of confusion''. After the hearing, Mr Yuen was quoted by the Times newspaper as saying he was ''as happy as a drunken prawn''. Mr Yuen opened the first McChina restaurant in Wimbledon, southwest London in 1991, under the names McChina Stir Fried and McChina Wok Away. ------=extPart_000_016B_01C17A35.357E2780-- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
