Mickey Mouse Head Template

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Disney is so committed to exploiting its ip involving mickey mouse that that in 1998, when faced with the expiration of the original mickey mouse property, steamboat willie, they got the copyright law amended to add 20 more years to the term of copyright so they could exploit mickey mouse for 20 more years. The law offices of mickey fine will address auto accident lawsuits, wrongful death claims, construction accidents including oil rig and farming accidents. Will this break any intellectual property law? I would like to use a mickey mouse silhouette head and just use clothing over the profile of the head to give an impression of other disney characters.

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Based only on the statement that you recognize the head shape to be mickey mouse and not a full analysis of the imagery or the protection that disney has, it is likely that the analysis may not fall in your favor. If it is that important to use the mickey mouse silhouette then based upon my general understanding of ip law i think you likely have two choices: Call to see if you have a legal claim. Is the mickey head shape copyright?

If This Does Break A Law, How Can We Go About To Use Disney Characters Legally And Sell It Without A License To Do So?

If you want to use disney ip you will have to obtain a license to do so. If you can recognize that it is mickey mouse's ears, you can be sure disney will send you a letter if they ever see or are made aware of your intended use. If someone can recognize them as minnie or mickey mouse, then so can disney and you are trading off of their intellectual property which could subject you to copyright and trademark infringement claims. An good attorney will never tell you whether you can or cannot do something.

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A brief history lesson for you: Disney owns the copyright to the character and as noted by my colleagues, they are notorious for protecting their rights, and what you described infringes their rights. My answers to questions posted on avvo are generalized answers that should not be considered sufficiently specific to constitute legal advice and the question this answer is in response to is not sufficiently specific as to the facts to constitute advice on any specific legal issue and thus there is no attorney client relationship.