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In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So the Chain Can Sue over Trademarks

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/17/in-n-out-australia-popups-are-back-just-so-the-chain-can-keep-suing-over-trademarks/
2•hn_acker•7mo ago

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hn_acker•7mo ago
The original title is:

> In-N-Out Australia Popups Are Back, Just So The Chain Can Keep Suing Over Trademarks

bn-l•7mo ago
So they open a store here for a bit, sell hamburgers, protect their trademark, then leave?

Why is this such a bad thing?

hn_acker•7mo ago
It's bad because local Australian businesses can't use similar names to "In-N-Out" during the other 1000 days without getting sued for trademark infringement. Example from the featured article:

> In 2020, a Sydney burger chain formerly known as “Down N’ Out” lost an appeal to flip a court decision that forced it to stop using its name and hand over its signs and promotional materials after being sued by In-N-Out Burger for trademark infringement in 2017.