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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

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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. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

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. Mickey Mouse is protected as Disney’s property because it is a registered trademark.

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Use It or Lose It: How to Acquire and Protect your Trademarks

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For example, the distinctive smell of Crayola Crayons is a registered scent mark, described as “a unique scent of pungent, aldehydic fragrance combined with the faint scent of hydrocarbon wax and an earthy clay”. Unregistered vs Registered Trademarks. To some extent trademarks can be protected without registration.

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Understanding Compulsory Licensing and Access to Essentials

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To Facilitate Governmental Use : The governmental use of a patent is regarded as based on ’eminent domain,’ which means that the government can acquire private property to make public use possible.

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