Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 27, 2017 16:15:23 GMT 12
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWYER CAUTIONS BUSINESSES OVER USE OF MĀORI WORDS
An Intellectual Property lawyer says the use of the word haka on food franchise burger fuel products is inappropriate. The kūmara fries product says Kūmara Fries at Burger Fuel is like eating a Haka'. Burger Fuel says no offense was intended and apologise for any offense caused.
Burger Fuel has likened the eating of kūmara fries to a haka and has some customers thinking twice.
An intellectual property lawyer Lynell Tuffery Huria says the use of the word haka on their food packaging is inappropriate.
“Incorporating something that refers to the Haka which is an important part of Māori tikanga and it forms an important role within Māori society being associated with food in a flippant way is clearly inappropriate.”......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/intellectual-property-lawyer-cautions-businesses-over-use-maori-words
An Intellectual Property lawyer says the use of the word haka on food franchise burger fuel products is inappropriate. The kūmara fries product says Kūmara Fries at Burger Fuel is like eating a Haka'. Burger Fuel says no offense was intended and apologise for any offense caused.
Burger Fuel has likened the eating of kūmara fries to a haka and has some customers thinking twice.
An intellectual property lawyer Lynell Tuffery Huria says the use of the word haka on their food packaging is inappropriate.
“Incorporating something that refers to the Haka which is an important part of Māori tikanga and it forms an important role within Māori society being associated with food in a flippant way is clearly inappropriate.”......
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/intellectual-property-lawyer-cautions-businesses-over-use-maori-words