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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:35PM (#38617212)
What would happen in practice if someone tried to use the public domain Mickey for something? I assume that regardless of the legal status, you'd still have a fun time with Disney lawyers proving in court that you had the right to use public domain Mickey.

Is Mickey also a trademark (which never expires) and anything using public domain Mickey would be too similar to their trademark?

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Re:What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2024? by hinkley on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @02:45PM (#38617338)
Yeah Mickey is a trademark. Now I could remake Steamboat Willy with characters that weren't trademarked. Previously I could not depict either without getting sued.
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