IPilogue
MARCH 27, 2023
Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law.
IPilogue
MARCH 27, 2023
Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law.
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The TTABlog
MARCH 2, 2022
United Trademark Holdings, Inc. Barrie's Peter Pan , first staged in 1904, and so the parties were in agreement that under copyright law, both the name and the character are in the public domain. Disney Enterprises, Inc. 2022 USPQ2d XXX (Fed. 2022) [not precedential]. Tinker Bell" appeared as a character in J.M.
The IPKat
MARCH 7, 2022
Still the Circular does hold out a ray of hope, noting that- [u]nder certain circumstances, names, titles, or short phrases may be protectable under federal or state trademark laws. T]here is a compelling reason why the name or title of a book cannot be a trademark, which stems from copyright law. Still, there is value in the name.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
” The disclaimer didn’t satisfy MKR, which filed a lawsuit against Capcom, alleging that the game infringed its copyright and trademark rights in the film. In 2007, Peter Gallagher (an author, not the dad on “The O.C.”) ” “The Little White Trip” (2007). ROMERO’S DAWN OF THE DEAD.
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