The prominent personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan has decided to drop its lawsuit against Disney Enterprises, Inc., which sought a judicial ruling that the firm’s planned advertisement—featuring ...

Morgan & Morgan wanted a judge to declare that its proposed “Steamboat Willie” ad would not violate Disney’s intellectual ...

Personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan on Wednesday voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit against Disney that sought to ...

Disney is continuing to enforce its intellectual property rights to characters in Steamboat Willie, the first animated short to depict Mickey Mouse that entered the public domain last year. Personal ...

An early iteration of Mickey Mouse has entered the public domain alongside Winnie-the-Pooh, Sherlock Holmes and Robin Hood, signaling potential legal action by companies like Disney and Warner Bros.

Remember begging your parents for a pair of Mickey Mouse ears? Before “branding” became a buzzword, Walt Disney quietly ...

Mickey Mouse, one of the most iconic cartoon characters of all time and Walt Disney's most endearing creation, is now in the public domain: The copyright on the landmark animated short Steamboat ...

Aug. 12—On Aug. 12, 1928, an ambitious young man named Walt Disney filed a copyright application for Mickey Mouse, a new animated character he'd created alongside animator Ub Iwerks. That turned out ...