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'''Burger King''' is a global chain of fast food restaurants primarily selling hamburgers, including the famous Whopper. The company was founded in 1953 as a local chain called Insta-Burger King. Because of financial difficulties, David Edgerton and James McLamore took over and renamed the company Burger King. Burger King is the second popular fast food restaurant in the [[United States]], behind hamburger company [[McDonald's]]. Burger King has over 11,550 outlets in 71 countries since its founding.
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'''Burger King''' is a global chain of fast food restaurants primarily selling hamburgers, including the famous Whopper. The company was founded in 1953 as a local chain called Insta-Burger King. Because of financial difficulties, David Edgerton and James McLamore took over and renamed the company Burger King. Burger King is the second
most
popular fast food restaurant in the [[United States]], behind hamburger company [[McDonald's]]. Burger King has over 11,550 outlets in 71 countries since its founding.
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In
Australia
, Burger King is known as "Hungry Jacks". When Burger King first opened in Australia, it could not use the name "Burger King", since an Australian restaurant was already using it; they adopted the name Hungry Jacks (a US pancake brand owned by Pilsbury), since it was not already used in Australia, and they had clear legal rights to it (Pilsbury owned Burger King at the time). Later, Burger King Corporation bought the rights to the name "Burger King" in Australia, and opened some stores branded as "Burger King". The "Hungry Jacks" stores were franchised through the master franchisee for Australia (who owned the "Hungry Jacks" name), and the "Burger King" stores were franchised directly from the American company. Later, after a series of lawsuits
Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 187 (21 June 2001); Hungry Jack's v Burger King [1999] NSWSC 1029 (5 November 1999); Burger King Corp v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 950 (4 August 1998); Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd S157/2001 [2002] HCATrans 180 (19 April 2002); Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Limited S175/2002 [2002] HCATrans 578 (14 November 2002); Hungry Jack's v Burger King (No 2) [2000] NSWSC 241 (30 March 2000); Hungry Jack's v Burger King [1999] NSWSC 112 (24 February 1999); Hungry Jack's v Burger King - Addendum [1999] NSWSC 1130 (18 November 1999); Hungry Jacks P/L v Burger King Corporation [1996] NSWSC 635 (19 December 1996)
between the master franchisee and Burger King Corporation, which the American company lost, all the "Burger King" stores in Australia were rebranded to "Hungry Jacks".
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Australia
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In [[Australia]], Burger King is known as "Hungry Jacks". When Burger King first opened in Australia, it could not use the name "Burger King", since an Australian restaurant was already using it; they adopted the name Hungry Jacks (a US [[pancake]] brand owned by Pilsbury), since it was not already used in Australia, and they had clear legal rights to it (Pilsbury owned Burger King at the time). Later, Burger King Corporation bought the rights to the name "Burger King" in Australia, and opened some stores branded as "Burger King". The "Hungry Jacks" stores were franchised through the master franchisee for Australia (who owned the "Hungry Jacks" name), and the "Burger King" stores were franchised directly from the American company. Later, after a series of lawsuits
Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Limited [2001] NSWCA 187 (21 June 2001); Hungry Jack's v Burger King [1999] NSWSC 1029 (5 November 1999); Burger King Corp v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 950 (4 August 1998); Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd S157/2001 [2002] HCATrans 180 (19 April 2002); Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Limited S175/2002 [2002] HCATrans 578 (14 November 2002); Hungry Jack's v Burger King (No 2) [2000] NSWSC 241 (30 March 2000); Hungry Jack's v Burger King [1999] NSWSC 112 (24 February 1999); Hungry Jack's v Burger King - Addendum [1999] NSWSC 1130 (18 November 1999); Hungry Jacks P/L v Burger King Corporation [1996] NSWSC 635 (19 December 1996)
between the master franchisee and Burger King Corporation, which the American company lost, all the "Burger King" stores in Australia were rebranded to "Hungry Jacks".
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