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Re: Disney actually did this with "Lion King"
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Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:35:17 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler writes:
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> Does "Muggle" have precedence before Stouffer? If so, then obviously she
> can claim no exclusive authorship of the name. If not, then she has a case,
> regardless of Rowling's different use of the term. Still, if I make "Ronald
> McDonald" my Scottish-themed restaurant's mascot, claiming that the name
> existed before the Golden Arches grabbed it, do you think I wouldn't be sued? • <snip>
> Dave!
Funny you mention this, i remember seeing a story on a news show
(dateline?)that there was a resturant named McDonalds, I think in Scotland,
that is a very fancy, high class place. And McDonalds tried to sue them over
the name. If I remember correctly, the fancy McDonalds was around before the
fast-food joint, but I am working from a faded memory. Maybe somebody who
has more time will do some searching on this.
Mark
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| (...) Actually, the story I heard was that as Fast food McDonald's moved into England and Scotland, the found a small restaurant near one of the desired sites named McDonalds. It wasn't too large or high class (I'll get to that later) but I also (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Not sure about this--here's a snippet culled from the ABC News site (excerpted here for purposes of review and discussion and intending no challenge to the copyright status of that fine site!) "Both books have characters known as Muggles. They (...) (24 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.castle)
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