Legal Opinion
Quality Inns International, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided September 16, 1988No. Civ. PN-87-2606PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, District Judge.
On September 21, 1987, Quality Inns International, Inc. announced a new chain of economy hotels to be marketed under the name “McSleep Inn.” The response of McDonald’s Corporation was immediate. It demanded by letter sent three days later that Quality International not use the name “McSleep” because it infringed on McDonald’s family of marks that are characterized by the use of the prefix “Me” combined with a generic word. Five days later, on September 29, 1987, Quality International filed this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the mark “McSleep Inn”…
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