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Ronald McDonald is a mascot created in 1963 for the McDonalds fast food chain.
Appearance[]
Ronald McDonald, the Hamburger Happy Clown, is a clown who wears a yellow and red striped jumpsuit, has a box on his head, a cup on his nose, and has a magic tray that automatically generates hamburgers, fries and shakes.
Copyright[]
The original 1963 Ronald McDonald lacked a copyright notice, which was required even for audiovisual works until 1981 in which TV Commercials no longer required a copyright notice to provide full copyright protection.
McDonalds still owns the trademark on Ronald McDonald, so you can't use the character to confuse people in a way that it's from McDonalds.