There was a Wall Street Journal article a few months ago reporting the actions that Disney was taking against home pages that were using the Disney properties including Winnie the Pooh. In addition, I seem to recall a post about 2-3 months ago from the attorneys for Curious George questioning what steps, if any, they would take.
In any event, it strikes me that such use is actionable under either or both the copyright and trademark acts. We are seeing more and more activity by property owners to register their characters as trademarks thus avoiding problems with expiration of copyright rights, e.g., Peter Rabbit.
Greg Battersby
Grimes & Battersby
Stamford, CT
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Received on Wed May 01 1996 - 11:17:13 GMT
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