Mickey is free! It may not be as free, though… By Söğüt Atilla-Aydın on Saturday, June 06, 2026 Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR Disney likelihood of confusion Mickey Mouse Söğüt Atilla-Aydın trade marks +
The Ninth Circuit rules that The Moodsters characters are ineligible for copyright protection, denies panel and en banc rehearings: Daniels v. Walt Disney Company By Thomas Key on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 #IPKat 9th Circuit characters and copyright Disney idea-expression dichotomy Thomas Key US copyright +
Innovation in the mass entertainment industry: maybe ask the Romans By Neil Wilkof on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 bread and circuses Disney entertainment indusry and innovation Jeffrey Katzenberg Juvenal Neil Wilkof +
Around the IP Blogs! By Dr Rose Hughes on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 direct infringement Disney distinctive character essentially biological processes Hakuna Matata patent value person having ordinary skill in the art +
Never Too Late: If you missed the IPKat Last Week! By Tian Lu on Monday, December 25, 2017 Coty. Davy Crockett Disney ILO INTA nespresso right to be heard Tian Lu upc +
The first modern blockbuster IP merchandising campaign? Disney, Davy Crockett and the coonskin cap By Neil Wilkof on Sunday, December 17, 2017 coonskin cap Davy Crockett Disney Fess Parker historical memory IP merchandising Neil Wilkof Tennessee Ernie Ford The Alamo +
Netflix weather report: sunny today, possibility of rain clouds tomorrow? By Neil Wilkof on Friday, August 11, 2017 content streaming Disney ESPN Neil Wilkof Netflix Portr Bibb +
Star Wars: Good or bad for movie myth-making? By Neil Wilkof on Friday, February 05, 2016 copyright protection Disney heroes Joseph Campbell Lucasfilms myths Neil Wilkof Star Wars the Economist +
A Most Un-Magical of U.S. Trade Mark and Copyright Disputes By Unknown on Tuesday, September 09, 2014 Deadmau5 dilution Disney likelihood of confusion MickeyMouse trade mark trademark TTAB +
Letter from AmeriKat: Disney's Frozen, Google's Rockstar lawsuits & USPTO's Hague Agreement By Annsley Merelle Ward on Sunday, December 29, 2013 AmeriKat apple Disney google lanham act rockstar US patent infringement US trade mark infringement USPTO +
Have Marvel Superheroes Met Their Copyright Match? By Neil Wilkof on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Disney Jasck Kirby Marvel Neil Wilkof termination of copyright transfer or assignment +
OUP sale; Disney steps in to ban Sister Act By Jeremy on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 Book sale Disney Gay in Galway Jeremy Phillips Sister Act +