Roland Henss 'Capitalis Pirata' font has gotten Plazm [1] font factory their very own cease and desist letter from McDonalds fat factory, McDonalds doesn't like the "M" which looks a lot like theirs. Actually that was the idea, "By placing corporate icons into the form of an alphabet, Henss challenges the notion of ownership of letterforms. Since a copyright cannot be placed on the alphabet itself, this typeface raises issues about the boundaries of ownership and the proprietary nature of letterforms in the public domain."
An M-free version of the font can be downloaded [2] at Plazm.
If I ruled design [3] is a little flash game that lets you take on the big men of Bauhaus, the logo king Paul Rand and the typographers with mad skillz - just remember to duck!
UPDATE: on a related note - There was once a font aptly named McLawsuit [4] - alas that has been C&Deed as well. On the same site you can pick up Munificent [5] based on the San Fran MUNI logo.
Hat tip to tlevitz and Michiel on adlist.
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