McMansions (was: Boughten bread)

Patty Davies patty at CRUZIO.COM
Wed Dec 10 18:48:48 UTC 2003


Hey - you're in Santa Cruz?  So am I - cool.  Are you a linguist?  I've
been here for years and have never eaten at McDharma's/Dharma's but I sure
know this story :)

Patty

At 06:35 PM 12/10/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Here in the Santa Cruz area there is a vegetarian restaurant called
>"Dharma's".  Originally, some twenty years ago or so, it had been named
>"McDharma's", until Ronald McDonald & Co. took umbrage and sued.
>Being a commercial application, perhaps they had a legally justifiable
>defense of trademark, but not a good sense of humor.
>
>Chuck Borsos
>Santa Cruz, CA



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