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cinderboy · 10-05-2011, 08:17 AM

Chinese media reports that Kentucky Fried Chicken is taking legal action against the management of “Obama Fried Chicken” on grounds of trademark infringement.

A store bearing the “OFC” livery – complete with Obama’s likeness replacing that of the Colonel – reportedly appeared in Beijing, causing rapid reverberations online and an almost equally rapid response from KFC proper, which vowed legal action.

The store was apparently the work of one of China’s notoriously innovative entrepreneurs, in this a case a university student, and had not yet opened.

This is not the first time KFC has had to deal with Chinese pretenders – previously it had to tackle “KFG”:

Orpheus · 10-05-2011, 08:30 AM

Oh China, you crack me up.

xBlazex · 10-05-2011, 08:43 AM

lol china like steal mmorpg,logo and fast food resturant ideas. why cant china make up there own ideas

Imperidal · 10-05-2011, 09:43 AM

I wanna see McObama next.

Lorddias · 10-05-2011, 11:42 AM

I got an idea for them to get by the trademark infringement

Not Bad Fried Chicken.

Oisterboy · 10-05-2011, 12:30 PM

I'm mostly disturbed by what the **** "KFG" could stand for...

Asiankid0 · 10-05-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Oisterboy

I'm mostly disturbed by what the **** "KFG" could stand for...

uh...Kentucky Fried...Gyros? Goombas?

shadowsworn · 10-05-2011, 03:09 PM

not just racist, copyright breaking too

xBlazex · 10-05-2011, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowsworn

not just racist, copyright breaking too

there no copyright laws in china. that why easy to make stuff in china because of that. and company going over there with there factory so they dont need deal with copyright problems

XGrave · 10-05-2011, 09:02 PM

worst thing i find is that we're still outsourcing jobs there and then criticizing them.

and on the question of copy right i honestly don't give a sht as long as i get a laugh out of what happens. I mean marco polo stole a ton of ideas when he went to china and who the fck actually cares?

How does copyrighted stuff actually effect you? Cheaper, worse quality, but if it actually was better than the original then that just indicates there are a ton of problem with the original.

I don't condone dvds movies etc/piracy.

10-05-2011, 08:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
cinderboy The Beast of the East Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Internetz Posts: 13,172 Reputation: 228	Obama Fried Chicken Chinese media reports that Kentucky Fried Chicken is taking legal action against the management of “Obama Fried Chicken” on grounds of trademark infringement. A store bearing the “OFC” livery – complete with Obama’s likeness replacing that of the Colonel – reportedly appeared in Beijing, causing rapid reverberations online and an almost equally rapid response from KFC proper, which vowed legal action. The store was apparently the work of one of China’s notoriously innovative entrepreneurs, in this a case a university student, and had not yet opened. This is not the first time KFC has had to deal with Chinese pretenders – previously it had to tackle “KFG”: __________________

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Orpheus I ate ozz and I liked it. Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 7,391 Reputation: 249	Oh China, you crack me up. __________________

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xBlazex Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: USA Wisconsin Language: English only Disability: Language-Based Hates: Grammar Trolls Posts: 3,133 Reputation: 72	lol china like steal mmorpg,logo and fast food resturant ideas. why cant china make up there own ideas

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10-05-2011, 09:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
XGrave Eriond's Egotist Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,777 Reputation: 18	worst thing i find is that we're still outsourcing jobs there and then criticizing them. and on the question of copy right i honestly don't give a sht as long as i get a laugh out of what happens. I mean marco polo stole a ton of ideas when he went to china and who the fck actually cares? How does copyrighted stuff actually effect you? Cheaper, worse quality, but if it actually was better than the original then that just indicates there are a ton of problem with the original. I don't condone dvds movies etc/piracy. __________________ You Sir Are Wrong, And If You Are Not Wrong, You Sir, Are Still Wrong

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