GM Sells Hummer
General Motors Co. reported that it has signed an agreement to sell control of its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer. GM said that Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. will take over eighty percent of the Hummer brand name, trademarks, and trade names plus the intellectual property rights necessary to build Hummer [...]
McDonalds Loses Legal Battle Against Family-Owned Kuala Lumpur Business
On September 8th, 2009, the Malaysian Federal Court settled an eight-year legal battle between family-owned Kuala Lumpur “McCurry” restaurant and the international McDonalds fast-food firm. The suit, filed in 2001 by the McDonalds corporation, claims that the McCurry restaurant name infringes upon McDonalds’ trademarked “Mc” prefix. Though the McCurry restaurant claims its name is a [...]