Re: Dracula

Bob Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> writes:
>
> The fact that the copyright in the character Mickey Mouse and early
> cartoons featuring Mickey is about to expire does not alter the status
> of Mickey Mouse as a trademark of Disney Studios. Thus, in my opinion,
> Disney would still have trademark and unfair competition causes of
> action in the situation you describe, even though they would have no
> copyright cause of action.

If unlicensed product were limited to depiction of graphics, using the name "Mickey Mouse", but with no depiction of the image of the Mickey Mouse character, would the name "Mickey Mouse" be an public domain (assuming the copyright had expired), or would the Mickey Mouse name still be a protected trademark?

Leo Smith
<barter[_at_]ntplx.net> Received on Thu Jul 23 1998 - 16:09:34 GMT