@pup_hime the trademark was for both products and locations, so people couldn't call their shop "Big Mac" or anything
But McDonalds didn't give the court any evidence that the "Big Mac" trademark was in use for any locations so the trademark was struck down as you have to use the trademark for the described purposes or you lose it
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Burger King is of course trolling the fuck out of them
Oh my god, this is brilliant, McDonalds has lost the "Big Mac" trademark in the EU
@maple HI! 🐙
brexit
@Jens probably have to wait an hour or so for them to stop laughing
brexit
I really hope this is meant as a joke but unfortunately it's far too believable
@TheGibson I feel like putting on a really bad New York-Italian accent
alien:...sorry, that outburst was unwarranted
human: no problem, get it all the time
alien: so I've seen you people put big slabs of stuff into a machine that cuts shapes from it, how does that work?
human:...
alien:... lasers again isn't it?
human:...yeah
alien: I swear to fucking god...
alien: how do you lot fix eye problems?
human: well, we either wear corrective lenses or use lasers to fix it permanently
alien: huh, neat, I've also seen these stripey labels on a lot of things, what are those?
human: oh, those are barcodes, they get read with lasers so computers can keep track of things
alien: okay... and these long glass strands you use for communications, how do those work?
human: well, we shine lasers down them...
alien: WHAT THE FUCK IS IT WITH YOU PEOPLE AND LASERS?!
flu, death mention
@hfrazey I'm feeling a lot better thanks, little bit of lingering "bleh" but otherwise back to normal
hedgies are still hibernating away, they're due to wake up march/april-ish, we built them a load of little houses to sleep in and gave them plenty of straw to use as nesting material so they should be all nice and comfy
Thatcher statue
@bob if anything a 10ft plinth just makes it a more interesting challenge
@Jo I suppose there are still cars in it
masto admin, block suggestion
@33b5e5 free speech absolutist, minimal moderation
Hedgehog wrangler, cat feeder, octopus whomst love smol critters
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