McDonald's Soft Serve Legal Drama Is Getting Heated
Worse than soft-serve lines? Consider being caught in a soft-serve lie. New evidence in the McDonald's ice cream machine lawsuit reveals Taylor
California internet startup Kytch sued Taylor. Kytch is primarily known for McDonald's and Taylor collaborations. The business created a digital solution in 2019
McDonald's published a note to franchisees in October 2020 urging them against using Kytch's technology as it was just taking off.
Taylor Inc. had to release over 800 pages of emails and memos during the trial's discovery phase. Together, the documents are damning.
The most conclusive proof is Taylor's VP of engineering Jim Minard's May 2019 email. Minard writes to a Taylor coworker: "Buy a Kytch kit
Other spring and summer 2020 emails from Taylor executives referencing Kytch while brainstorming Taylor's device are as damning.
Finally, Taylor's parent company executive James Pool's email confirms that Taylor saw Kytch as a competitor. In an email, Pool tells a Taylor colleague
Mcdonald's emails and documents raise the most eyebrows. Mickey D's was reportedly more determined than Taylor to close Kytch.
By June 2020, McDonald's executives had a conference call to discuss Kytch, citing a recently purchased operation as a reference. McDonald's company-wide anti-Kytch