Serial killer Mickey Mouse film trailer drops same day US copyright of cartoon character expires By Lauren Sarner Published Jan. 2, 2024, 12:05 p.m. ET ...

Disney has fought to keep its copyright of the famous cartoon character as long as possible, lobbying the U.S. government to extend copyright protection before it was originally set to expire in 1984.

So, according to this court, unless a character and the story itself are one-in-the-same (which arguably is very rare), the character cannot be copyrighted. Twenty-four years later, however, the same ...

Animated cartoon characters have had their share of copycats throughout the decades whether it was from trademark or copyright infringement troubles. Let's take a look at the drawing board on who ...

Similarly, a Cartoon Network Facebook page of about the same time asked folks to "Choose a Cartoon Character as Your Profile Picture for a Week," with the plan being to have folks post cartoon ...