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2023-12-21 @ 13.55.48 ∈ In English
Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law
Many sources claim that even though Mickey is copyright-free in 2024, you still cannot use the character because it is trademarked by Disney. But this is not what the law actually says. Trademark law only prohibits the use of a trademarked character if doing so “is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive” consumers about the source or sponsorship of the new product.