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Why McDonalds is evil part #146294
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stupid perhaps, as the Patent Office say so obviously
Evil seems slightly strong....
Looks to me they are protecting their sandwhiches. Its no going to stop anyone making any sandwhich, but just not to make it like a Big Mac and aim to sell it as a Big Mac.
They have patents on thousands of things, most words with a Mc infront of it!
Having said this I do think they have bigger fish to fry at the moment.
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A slight bit of misrepresentation from you and the Grauniad there.
Whereas I can just about understand if they have some revolutionary and unique sandwich making machine of their own, to try to claim the act (regardless of what it might be) of making a sandwich as its intelectual property is the lowest of the low.
Never mind that calling those infernal contraptions 'sandwiches' or even 'food' is stretching the language a bit...
It is still a despicable corporation with no redeeming features whatsoever. This latest and supremely stupid move is not going to win them over many fans I should imagine.
And whereas trying to patent the sandwich might not qualify as evil, brainwashing children into going to McDonalds by supplying schools with 'updated' children's books full of not-so-subliminal messages probably has a proper claim on the term 'evil'.
Yeah alright I'll give you that one
Because the poor little mites have quite enough of that(" brainwashing with books full of not-so-subliminal messages ") to contend with already ?
McDonald's in the UK doesnt supply any books to schools at all.
If you like,as it seems to have worked with you
It's common practice in the US and probably many other nations.
It's hardly evil to take steps to defend your technology. As I say, Audi's adverts say they have 7,000 patents on their new car, but that isn't stopping me making one. It's just stopping me copying Audi's.
Books from McDonald's, or no books at all- I know what is less "evil".
They have you brainwashed
I'm not.