Comments on: Will your lunch violate intellectual property laws?

By: Can McDonald’s really sue you for how you make your sandwich? « The Legal Satyricon

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:28:11 +0000

[…] Corp. is getting some recent attention in the blogosphere for a patent application, originally filed in late 2004, which describes its “Method and […]

By: Mark Biggar

Mark Biggar — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:14:25 +0000

So McDonald’s wants to patent “hands”. Can I have the patent on “feet” or maybe “eyes”, that sounds very profitable.

By: mojo

mojo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:23:10 +0000

Don’t forget to patent that “Lettuce Alignment Tool”, pal…

By: Tom T.

Tom T. — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:26:02 +0000

Do McDonalds’ workers know that the company refers to them as “sandwich assembly tools”?

By: VMS

VMS — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:30:02 +0000

This is a patent application, not a patent, BUT….

One has to wonder about the wisdom of filing such an application in the first place. It is not only obvious, but it was done before.

It does however have entertainment value and therefore advertising value to McDonalds. Keeping the company name in the spotlight, even in a stupid context, may influence a percentage of readers to have a Big Mac for lunch.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:25:48 +0000

Translation:
McDonald’s does not trust our employees with knives.