Hot on the heels of the "Seek" topic, I have just seen an Ad on TV where McDonalds's looks to be setting up it's future ownership of the word "Macca's".
We have make it clear to these people that they have no right and will never have any right to usurp common words, let alone people's nicknames for any purpose whatsoever. It may be fine if you own a Macca's Takeaway today, but try starting one tomorrow. Stand up Australia.
How do we stop them in their tracks?
How do we stop them in their tracks?
Go and eat something healthy instead?
In the words of the great Idina Menzel - Let it go
Go take on Apple! They pretty much trademarked the letter i in front of anything, square with round edges and anything cool
Well, there goes Hyundai…
Oh dear did an old girlfriend dump you with a message from her iPhone, you are now injecting your distaste into unrelated threads as well…
you know why she dumped you 'iTake it'
Trade Mark : 635623
Word: MACCA'S
Image:
Lodgement Date: 21-JUL-1994
Registered From: 21-JUL-1994
Date of Acceptance: 24-JUL-1995
Acceptance Advertised: 10-AUG-1995
Registration Advertised: 11-JAN-1996
Entered on Register: 21-DEC-1995
Renewal Due: 21-JUL-2021
Class/es: 42
Status: Registered/Protected
Kind: n/a
Type of Mark: Word
Endorsement
Owner/s: McD Asia Pacific LLC
see full address
SINGAPORE
Address for Service: Spruson & Ferguson
see full address
SYDNEY NSW 2001
AUSTRALIA
Goods & Services
Class: 42 Services in this class rendered by restaurants and other establishments or facilities primarily engaged in procuring food and drink prepared for consumption; services in this class rendered in the sale of food combination specialties; services in this class rendered in the preparation of carry-out foods
Endorsements: Registered under provisions of paragraph 45(1)(b).* The preceding endorsement(s) were recorded prior to commencement of the Trade Marks Act 1995.*
History
Opposition
Indexing Details - Word Constituents
MACCAS
arent most mcdonalds signs now out the front of the establishment say maccas now?
Dude they trademarked the word 'Maccas' years ago. It's theirs. They own it. Am I right in assuming the reason you seem so flustered about this is because you plan on or are running a take-away place with the word Maccas in it? Even if it wasn't trademarked and McDonald's did take someone to court for using the word, McDonald's would win as the word Maccas is synonymous with McDonalds.
"they have no right and will never have any right to usurp common words"
I pretty much agree with this sentence, but your example confuses me. I've tried to think how I've used the word Macca's in a non McDonald's context and I can't. So I'd argue it's not really a common word.
I have a friend named Macca, cause he is build like a Mack truck. I drove Maccas car the other week and Macca's ok with it
Dumb example. You've used it as a proper noun, which doesn't really count as a "common word".
Start a Reclaim Maccas movement? :)