McDonald’s Takes Issue With Rugby’s McBrat Pack

A Brisbane rugby union team is facing legal action from a fast food chain because it has put McBrat across the back of players’ shorts. McDonald’s claims the Brisbane Irish team sponsor’s nickname contravenes its intellectual property. But sponsor Malcolm McBratney, who is, ironically, an intellectual property lawyer, says the McBrats tag simply comes from his name. Mr McBratney says he is stunned that the fast good giant took exception when he tried to register the name in the Australian Trademarks Office