Article: McDONALD'S OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICA; BECOMES 86TH COUNTRY FOR THE GOLDEN ARCHES

Article: McDonald's Mired in Lawsuits Defending Trademarks in ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  October 22, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... him -- went to South Africa's registrar of ... use the name "McDonald's" along with ... argued that here in South Africa, isolated for ... international snubs, the McDonald's name was not ... claim that the McDonald's name was so well-known in South Africa that it ...

Article: Johannesburgers and fries: McDonald's efforts to break ...
The Economist (US);  September 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ...McDonald's efforts to break into South Africa suggest that multinationals ... a year before South Africa's first non ... general election, McDonald's finally decided ... first sign that South Africa might give McDonald's some indigestion ...

Article: MCDONALD'S WINS IN SOUTH AFRICA.(BUSINESS)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 28, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... managing director of McDonald's South Africa. At issue were ... translating in South Africa any of McDonald's trademarks ... its name here. McDonald's trademark had been registered in South Africa since 1968, but ...

Article: McDonald's opens in South Africa
Michigan Chronicle;  January 30, 1996 ;     345 words ... ... Chronicle 01-30-1996 McDonald's opens in South Africa. McDonald's South Africa opened recently to the cheers of thousands ... Hamburger University in Oak Brook, Ill., and McDonald's South Africa is here for any additional support they may ...

Article: Hunting the Big Mac in Africa. (McDonald's loses trademark ...
The Economist (US);  November 11, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... these firms applied two years ago to have McDonald's removed from South Africa's trademark register. They argued that ... meantime," says Carter Drew, head of McDonald's South Africa, "McDonald's is entitled in law to use its marks ...

Article: U. CITY MAN HITS TOP OF GOLDEN ARCHES: HE'S MCDONALD;S ...
St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO);  December 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... managing director of McDonald's Corp. in South Africa. "I am responsible ... be successful too." McDonald's opened its first restaurant in South Africa in November 1995 in ... Randburg. Today, McDonald's operates 35 restaurants ...

Article: McDonald's wins trademark battle in South ...
Jet;  September 23, 1996 ;     664 words ... ... restaurant chain McDonald's won't have ... competitors in South Africa anymore. An ... goodwill" in South Africa. McDonald's opened its ... attorney for McDonald's Corp. in ... judgment "brought South Africa in line with ...