Mickey Mouse first appeared publicly in the short film Steamboat Willie in 1928. That version of the most iconic character in American pop culture is now free from Disney’s copyright and ...

Although the earliest version of Mickey Mouse entered the public domain last year after Disney's copyright expired, the company still holds trademark rights to the character. Lawyers for Disney argue ...

This still image from video provided by Disney shows the character Mickey Mouse in the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie, which entered the public domain on Jan. 1 after the expiration of the ...

Mickey Mouse poses in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Park on August 27, 2019 in Anaheim, California. Disneyland plans to reopen on April 30, 2021.

The lawsuit, filed by the company’s subsidiary Disney Enterprises, Inc. on Wednesday in a district court in California, targets Hong Kong-based Red Earth Group Limited, which operates an online ...

The Walt Disney Co. has said it is suing a Hong Kong jewellery company due to the illegal sale of Mickey Mouse ornaments. The international media and entertainment conglomerate filed a lawsuit in ...

The lawsuit alleges that Red Earth and Satéur are trying to use that status as a “ruse” to suggest the jewelry is legal, by dubbing it the “Mickey 1928 Collection” and saying it is being ...