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QUALITY INNS INTERN., INC. v. McDONALD'S CORP.

Civ. No. PN-87-2606.

695 F.Supp. 198 (1988)

QUALITY INNS INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. McDONALD'S CORPORATION.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

September 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence R. Hefter, Robert D. Litowitz, Griffith Price, and Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Washington, D.C., and Harry M. Rifkin, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.

Stephen H. Sachs, Thomas P. Olson, Stephen S. Zimmerman, and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., and Karen B. Ksander, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.

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 "Mc" combined with a generic word...

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