In 2007, Disney revamped the Disney Animation Studios logo to include a snippet of Steamboat Willie’s Mickey. The Mouse House being what it is (and rightly so), trademarked that logo.

It almost feels absurd to tell a Mickey Mouse story, because he's more associated with logos and toys than with stories at this point. And that's a shame because Mickey was once synonymous with ...

for example by appearing as a logo at the beginning of an animation." What does all of this mean for Mickey Mouse? What does it matter if one particular version of a cartoon character enters the ...

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In other words, you can’t sell merch with a Mickey Mouse logo as consumers might think you are offering a Disney-sponsored product. You also can’t slap a Mickey Mouse logo at the start of an ...

And as it happens, Mickey Mouse is also trademarked. "Trademark law is entirely about protecting brands, logos and names — like Mickey Mouse as a logo, or the name Mickey Mouse," McLeod says.

Shortly thereafter, the trailer for a slasher film called Mickey’s Mouse Trap was posted online. In it, clips from Walt Disney‘s 1928 animated classic Steamboat Willie are shown interspersed ...

He argued there is less leeway with Mickey Mouse because it is such a strong trademark. In 2007, Walt Disney Animation Studios adapted a clip from “Steamboat Willie” as its logo, strengthening ...

Mickey Mouse might seem the most unlikely character to ensnare viewers in a horror flick, but an expiration in copyright protection means an early version of the Disney mascot will stalk film screens.

Mickey Mouse will appear in new, non-Disney creative works after 95 years of copyright protection of the character expired on Jan. 1. With this, early versions of Mickey Mouse are now part of the ...