Cinema Copyright Law Designs Public Domain 
LexBlog IP
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Freed from the shackles of copyright, Walt Disney’s iconic rodent was now in the public domain and, therefore, available for everyone to copy. It is no surprise that the legalities of the public domain are more complicated than the headlines suggest. Trademark law has something to say about use.
Copyright Lately
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The case is New Line Cinema v. The humanized skeleton figure on the left is Skully, which artist and entrepreneur Gregory Spiers first conceived while designing a T-shirt for the Lithuanian Olympic basketball team. Cinema Secrets (2000). BMG (1988). A Tale of Two Skeletons. Skully Curly. “Halloween” (1978).
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