Why is burger king called hungry jacks in australia?

There are some Burger King restaurants in australia.

sometime to do with namings writes

im from australia and hungry jacks was once called burger king over here but they changed the name about 2 years ago not sure why

there is both burger king aswell as hungry jacks in australia i think diffrent ppl owne them so they have changed the name

I know a town(Gosford NSW)that has both Hungy Jack's and Burger King,they're both better than Mcd's.

Its to stop them from gatting their asses sued, as Burger KIng is owned by a completely seperate person, there are copy right laws, which say they arent allowed to have the same name

Oddly enough, the Austalians don't want to offend the British Crown. But Burger Kings are ALL OVER England. Go figure!

"When Burger King decided to expand their operations into Australia, they found that their business name was already trademarked by a man running a small takeaway food shop. Consequently, the first Australian franchise of the Burger King Corporation, established in Perth in 1971, was aptly titled Hungry Jack's, echoing the name and sentiment of the franchisee, Jack Cowin."

we have burger kings and hungry jacks in australia, i thought they were both separate fast food outlets.