The international media and entertainment conglomerate filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against the Red Earth ...

Disneyland is celebrating 70 years as "The Happiest Place on Earth" with a new show featuring a lifelike animatronic of ...

The earliest version of Mickey Mouse may be in the public domain as of last year, but Disney continues its efforts to protect ...

The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry. The international media and entertainment conglomerate filed a lawsuit in federal ...

With the expiration of copyright protection around Mickey Mouse, a surge in creative reinterpretations is anticipated As the New Year marks the expiration of copyright protection for earlier animated ...

For many companies with identifiable characters, preserving and extending their copyright protections is a top priority. As of January 1, 2024, ...

Mickey Mouse has plunged into the public domain, available for use by anyone with an imagination and a script, and who’s next? Sparty? Captain Bob-Lo? The Vernors gnome? No. Yes, theoretically ...

Mickey Mouse just hit the public domain. Creative works that fall out of copyright are AI’s dream, not a hallucination.

Cartoon figures such as Mickey Mouse are protected by films in which they feature. Photograph: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) But copyright needs to be time-limited and not too restrictive.

As the calendar flipped into 2024, the new year marked a significant moment for the public domain as the original Mickey Mouse, cherished protagonist of 1928's "Steamboat Willie," joyously escaped ...