Large companies will become aware of the power they have. with copyright issues It manages to irritate other companies. An interesting picture emerges from the sometimes strange copyright cases brought by these giant corporations.

In other words, in the chaos of the business world, competition from giant corporations is not limited to the quality of products or services. When it comes to copyright, sometimes big companies target their big competitors, like themselves, and sometimes they target small companies that we don’t even know exist. As a result, we are presented with a ridiculous topic. your legal battle All that remains is to watch.

Facebook, for example, went to court to register the word ‘face’.

In the lawsuit filed by Facebook, “sight” He obtained the rights to this word by court order and claimed that the word was now integrated into the brand name.

As a result of this decision, the word ‘face’ in the field of telecommunications services Use by other brands forbidden.

US retail giant Walmart claimed the smiley symbol was part of it.

Walmart, which filed a lawsuit in 2006 over the now classic yellow smiley face symbol, that it is his He tried to register this design by saying:

So much so that the brand sued artist Charles Smith for imitating the smiley face symbol. But the court said that this symbol belonged to the public. He ruled against Walmart.

McDonald’s also went to court, claiming that the suffix “Mc” was part of it.

The suffixes “Mc” and “Mac”. McDonald’s claims that it integrates with its brand and has applied to the court several times to register these supplements.

McDonald’s filed a lawsuit against the restaurant called McCurry in Malaysia in 2006. he had lost.

Later, McDonald’s twice filed a similar copyright lawsuit against Supermac’s, an Irish company. The court ruled that McDonald’s only for certain products He stated that he could register it.

So these cases are too It ended against McDonald’s.

An ‘app store’ war broke out between Amazon and Apple.

Amazon has its own app store, similar to Apple “app Store” In 2011, two giants were sued for presenting it under the name.

Apple, which sued Amazon, claimed the “app store” name was its own and this situation was taken to court. Amazon is the originator of the word ‘app store’, which means ‘application store’. It is suitable for general use He was defending.

Later Apple has withdrawn the lawsuit it filed.

Instagram has filed a lawsuit against the application called Littergram due to the similarity of names.

Litter problem in Britain The application called Littergram, which aims to tackle the problem, emerged as a non-profit project.

Troubled by the similarity of names, Instagram first filed a lawsuit against this application to change the name, but later this withdrew the case.

Starbucks appears to have adopted the word “buck” because it filed a lawsuit against a small coffee shop called Sambucks.

Sambuck’s, a small coffee shop opened by a person named Sam Buck, was on the radar of coffee giant Starbucks and due to naming rights This situation was brought to court.

Although Sam Buck claimed that this name was his personal name, the court in favor of Starbucks decided and argued that all expressions containing the word “buck” should be removed from the company.

Subway wanted to embrace the term “footlong” it used for its sandwiches.

Subway uses the word “one foot long” to describe its 12-inch sandwiches around the world. To register the term “footlong”. appeals to the court.

Because of this attempt, he argued that the term “footlong” is a general term. Pizza Hut, KFC and Casey’s Subway, which has disputes with brands, among others, is also suing these brands.

The court ruled that this term was a generic term. against metro decision.

Harley-Davidson tried to patent the sound of its motorcycles, but failed.

The brand applied for a patent for this sound, saying that the sound of its motorcycles was special, but this request was not met by other motorcycle brands. He responded.

Other brands tried to block Harley-Davidson’s initiative by claiming their motorcycles made the same or a similar sound. They must have been successful because Harley-Davidson withdrew the application.

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