The Mc"Clans" are In Danger

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

MacMillan of Rathdown, thank you for posting those facts. A source would be nice, but I see no reason not to accept them at face value.

Do these facts change anything about the principles involved in the trademark case?

The legal principles remain the same, ie: anytime that a company feels its rights to trademark are, or may be, violated it has the right to protect those rights.

Whether it's an officially registered charity or a regular business that is raising money for charity, I still don't see any justification for insinuating fraud.

You originally raised the issue of fraudulent practices, and I merely amplified your comments. Do I personally think Jeff McClusky & Associates have committed fraud? I doubt it. Mr. McClusky is, by all accounts, an honest businessman and probably way to smart to do anything that could come back to haunt him. Has there been a fraud committed in the reporting of the events concerning the trademark application by Jeff McClusky & Associates? I believe so.

In my book any person who sets out to purposely misrepresent facts to blacken the name of another person or company is committing a fraud, since their intent is to deprive that person or corporation of their good name by deception and dishonest practice. Since most of the so-called reporting has been woefully short on fact and extremely long on invective, distortion, and outright lies I would say that there is a pretty good case for the use of the word fraud.