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7 August 2019 McDonald’s monopoly over the ‘Mc’ trademark for food and drink has been reduced, with the EU Intellectual Property Office handing a partial victory to Irish fast-food chain Supermac’s.
23 April 2021 Hasbro has had an EU trademark for the ‘Monopoly’ board game partially invalidated after the EU General Court found its filing strategy was designed to avoid proving genuine use.