Re: Dracula

On 21, July 1998, Leo Smith <barter[_at_]ntplx.net> wrote:
>
> Madelyn Littman <flw_mcl[_at_]email.msn.com> writes:
> >
> > As to movies though, so many movies now have licensed products
> > associated with them, as with any Disney animation, a movie title
> > is likely to be trademarked for the associated products.
>
> If Dracula is now in public domain, and Universal Studios decides to
> come out with a new movie by the same name, can Universal prevent a
> non licensee from coming out with Dracula product at the time of the
> movie's debut where the non licensee uses graphics from the original
> book cover?
>
> When Mickey Mouse enters the public domain, does a non licensee of
> Disney have the right to put out lunch boxes and gift bags featuring
> the name Mickey Mouse?

As I understand it, the recent film "Bram Stoker's Dracula" was so called because of the trademark of "Dracula" by Universal.

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<mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> Received on Wed Jul 22 1998 - 12:39:01 GMT