On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Madelyn Littman <flw_mcl[_at_]email.msn.com> wrote:
>
> I believe the answers to your two questions are no and yes,
> respectively. Assuming "Dracula" is in the public domain, Universal
> could protect its unique Dracula products, but not prevent others from
> coming out with products using the name Dracula. For example, when
> Disney came out with Pocahantus (sp?) products, others had Pocahantus
> figurines and books, but they could not copy or infringe Disney's.
I think it would be similar to the case in which we were brought the films Andy Warhol's Dracula, and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein. He could not claim the titles to be unique and protected without adding his name.
Jerry Notaro, University Librarian
<notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu>
Received on Thu Jul 23 1998 - 18:56:07 GMT
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