By Doug Stanglin, USA Today
After an eight-year legal battle, Malaysia's highest court has ruled that the McCurry chicken restaurant is not infringing on McDonald's copyright by using a "Mc" in its name.
"I am very relieved now. All my prayers have been answered ... now, I can look forward to the future," A.M.S.P. Suppiah, owner of the modest Indian curry shop in Kuala Lumpur, tells the New Straits Times.
Suppiah says he started his fast-food restaurant in 1999 and took the name, according to his website, from the words "Malaysian chicken curry," a house specialty.
The court ruled that there was no evidence showing that the curry joint was trying to pass itself off as part of the McDonald's empire.
It is hardly the first such loss for the American giant. Inc. magazine reports that McDonald's attempt once to sue a Jamaican restaurant also called McDonald's backfired.
Instead of cracking down on the curried-goat and jerk-chicken eatery, the court forced Mickey D to operate under the name "Golden Arches" for five months, the magazine says.
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