In 2007, Disney revamped the Disney Animation Studios logo to include a snippet of Steamboat Willie ’s Mickey. The Mouse House being what it is (and rightly so), trademarked that logo.

Disney Mickey Mouse Is Now In the Public Domain. Well, Sort Of. Even though only one very specific version of the character is free to use, it still represents a positive step for creative ...

January 1, 2024, has long been circled on the calendars of public domain watchers, but some say it serves to show how overlong it takes for U.S. works to go public, and many properties with less ...

The Winnie-the-Pooh now in the public domain is the version drawn by E.H. Shepard in 1926, rather than the red t -shirted, bare-bottomed creation that Disney popularised in 1966.