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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, February 13 2013 @ 12:37 PM EST |
It shouldn't pre-empt anything. The variety of images I've seen of Pinocchio --
and I'm talking about Collodi's version -- would keep it going unless trademark
and copyright are interpreted broadly enough so they could claim any image of a
puppet -- Gerry Anderson's Twizzle -- was an infringement. Of course that
doesn't seem that different from some of the things we are hearing being
argued...
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Authored by: jplatt39 on Wednesday, February 13 2013 @ 01:06 PM EST |
Oh, forgot. That character at the Chinese Disney World who looks like Mickey
Mouse? My lawyer friend who works at RISD made fun of some people who thought
they could shut it down if it happened here. Disney has shut down defendants by
outspending them when the law apparently wasn't on their side -- plaintiffs in
the case of Winnie the Pooh. The law as it stands says that while they don't
call the character Mickey Mouse and while they don't use him in Mickey Mouse
adventures, they are free to feature him even here. Disney will sue but since
it's essentially owned by the Chinese government no I don't think they can
outspend them.
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