Editing Burger King (section)

=== Trademark disputes ===
A trademark dispute involving the owners of an unrelated restaurant also named Burger King in [[Mattoon, Illinois]], led to a federal lawsuit. As a result, the larger Burger King chain was ordered not to build any franchises within a 20-mile radius of the Mattoon Burger King.<ref name="hoots">{{cite web |url=http://illinoistimes.com/article-619-the-burger-king-and-queen-of-mattoon.html |title=The burger king and queen of Mattoon |first=John |last=Jermaine |work=The Illinois Times |date=November 20, 2003 |access-date=September 26, 2007 |archive-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229094356/https://www.illinoistimes.com/springfield/the-burger-king-and-queen-of-mattoon/Content?oid=11449463 |url-status=live }}</ref> An existing trademark held by a shop of the same name in South Australia forced the company to change its name in Australia to "Hungry Jack's",<ref name="BKau">{{cite news|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places/4275422-1.html |title=Burger King Re-flags Australian Stores |agency=Restaurant Business News |publisher=AllBusiness.com |date=May 30, 2003 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012002357/http://allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places/4275422-1.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> while another state trademark in Texas forced the company to abandon its signature product, the Whopper, in several counties around San Antonio.<ref name="barkoff">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eVmD3FAG3zgC&q=Fundamentals+of+Franchising |title=Fundamentals of Franchising |first=Rupert M. |last=Barkoff |publisher=[[American Bar Association]] |date=January 25, 2005 |access-date=September 29, 2007 |isbn=1-59031-409-3 |page=23 |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212045408/https://books.google.com/books?id=eVmD3FAG3zgC&q=Fundamentals+of+Franchising |url-status=live }}</ref> The company was only able to enter northern [[Alberta]], in [[Canada]], in 1995, after it paid the founders of [[Burger King (Alberta)|another chain named Burger King]].<ref name="alberta">{{cite news |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Burger+King+Corp.+announces+plans+to+expand+in+Edmonton,+Alberta.-a017271669 |title=Burger King announces plans to expand in Edmonton, Alberta |agency=[[Business Wire]] |date=August 28, 1995 |access-date=January 16, 2017 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002225115/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Burger+King+Corp.+announces+plans+to+expand+in+Edmonton,+Alberta.-a017271669 |url-status=live }}</ref>