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[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (8 children)

My favorite trademark story is how McDonald's lost the rights to the name Big Mac in Ireland due to an existing trademark

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not just Ireland, southern Ireland is EU so they lost it in the whole of Europe

The BK near me was offering King Macs for a while just to take the piss

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

What is "southern Ireland"? Do you mean Ireland?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Most yanks don't know the difference, just clarifying for them here father dougal

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