And from what I read, this couldn’t be named “McClusky Fest” because there were two Mcs involved (or so she claims). But this sounds a little silly. I agree that it is pretty unlikely that she just likes the ring of the Mc prefix. Prior to the McDonald’s empire, no one used Mc for anything except as a slur.

But as far as her wanting a registration, I don’t understand why she wouldn’t want one. I would think she would want the registration for security. What if she ever needs to file a trademark infringement suit of her own in the future? Or wouldn’t she want to block anyone else from registering McFest?

I agree with your entire legal analysis. But McDonald’s still sucks for this move. They could have handled this one totally differently.

But the real lesson here is that there is a huge anti-McDonald’s bias in the blogosphere to exploit. Therefore, I am going to register McCharity and McSiouxsie and get some McPublicity for my blog.

I intend use these marks to advertise my Goth charity and honor my next door neighbors, the MacDonalds. I hope that McDonald’s will give me a settlement offer, too. If so, I will use the proceeds from the settlement to help less fortunate and retarded Goths everywhere to be more elegant. I just need to find a really good IP attorney to take my case.

There, quite simply, is no reason for her to need a registration. Furthermore, her story about naming this just “after herself” is baloney! Then why not name it the McClusky Fest?

I hate McDonalds as much as anyone. I wish that every one of their restaurants would fold up and fall into a pit, just like the house did at the end of Poltergeist. But, the truth is the truth.