SPY - Mickey Mouse Goes Public: Disney Icon Enters Domain Sparks Creative and Legal Buzz | Benzinga
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) faces a new era as Mickey Mouse, its iconic character, enters the public domain on January 1, almost a century after his first appearance.
This transition allows for potential remakes and adaptations of nature but also sets the stage for possible legal confrontations with Disney.
The copyright on "Steamboat Willie," the 1928 short animation featuring Mickey Mouse, expires after 95 years under US law.
Jennifer Jenkins, Director of the Centre for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School, views this as a highly symbolic and eagerly awaited moment in intellectual property rights, SCMP reports.
Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) faces a new era as Mickey Mouse, its iconic character, enters the public domain on January 1, almost a century ...