[Newspoetry] McDonalds Monopolized Words

[William Gillespie]

Mike Lehman wrote:

> Did you know that McDonalds now owns the rights to 131 words?
> I guess a poem could be constructed from this mess, but somehow it
> doesn't make me hungry.
> Mike
>
> >From Alternet:  http://alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=10900
>
> McDonalds has restaurants in 120 different countries and serves a
> whopping 29 million people a day. But here's something you may not have
> known: They also own 131 different words and phrases--including such
> surprises as "Black History Makers of tomorrow" and "Healthy Growing
> Up." They've trademarked them so no one else can use them. We've copied
> them off the McDonalds Web site to show you that if we're not careful,
> McDonalds may someday own the McWorld. Literally.
>
> According to the Web site, "(t)he following trademarks used herein are
> owned by the McDonald's Corporation and its affiliates:
>
> 1-800-MC1-STCK; Always Quality. Always Fun; America's Favorite Fries;
> Arch Deluxe; Automac; Big Mac; Big N'Tasty; Big Xtra!; Birdie, the Early
> Bird and Design; Bolshoi Mac; Boston Market; Cajita Feliz; Changing The
> Face of The World; Chicken McGrill; Chicken McNuggets;
>
> Chipolte Mexican Grill; Cuarto De Libra; Did Somebody Say; Donatos
> Pizza; emac digital; Egg McMuffin; Extra Value Meal; Filet-O-Fish;
> French Fry Box Design; Gep Op Mac; Golden Arches; Golden Arches Logo;
> Good Jobs For Good People; Good Times. Great Taste; Gospelfest; Great
> Breaks; Grimace and Design; Groenteburger; HACER; Hamburglar and Design,
> Hamburger University, Happy Meal, Happy Meal Box Design, Have You Had
> Your Break Today?;
>
> Helping Hands Logo; Hey, It Could Happen!; Iam Hungry and Design;
> Immunize for Healthy Lives; Lifting Kids To A Better Tomorrow; Mac
> Attack; Mac Tonight and Design; McDonald's Racing Team Design; Made For
> You; McBaby; McBacon; McBurger; McBus; McCafe; McChicken; McDia Feliz;
> MCDirect Shares; McDonaldland; McDonald's; McDonald's Earth Effort;
> McDonald's Earth Effort Logo; McDonald's Express; McDonald's Express
> Logo; McDonald's Is Your Kind of Place; McDonald's Means Opportunity;
> McDouble; McDrive; McExpress; McFamily; McFlurry; McFranchise; McGrilled
> Chicken; McHappy Day; McHero; McJobs; McKids; McKroket; McMaco;
> McMemories; McMenu; McMusic; McNifica; McNuggets; McNuggets Kip; McOz;
> McPlane; McPollo; McPrep; McRecycle USA; McRib; McRoyal; McScholar;
> McScholar of the Year; McSwing; McWorld;
>
> Mighty Wings; Millennium Dreamers; Morning Mac; Quarter Pounder; Ronald
> McDonald and Design; Ronald McDonald House; Ronald McDonald House
> Charities; Ronald McDonald House Charities Logo; Ronald McDonald House
> Logo; Ronald Scholars; Sausage McMuffin; Single Arch Logo; Speedee Logo;
> Super Size; The House That Love Built; The House That Love Built Design;
> twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesoniononasesameseedbun;
> We Love to See You Smile; What's On Your Place; When the U.S. Wins You
> Win; World Famous Fries; You Deserve a Break Today."
>
> For information about McDonald's that's not from the perspective of a
> happy clown, see www.McSpotlight.com.
>
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