A Mickey Mouse Case?

The Guardian reports that Disney may convey to sell its South African Mickey Mouse merchandise mark. Disney is currently engaged inwards a courtroom battle amongst the relatives of Solomon Linda, the master copy composer of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”. Disney used the vocal inwards both the cinema as well as the phase play of The Lion King, as well as instantly the composer’s household unit of measurement is claiming $1.6m inwards royalties. Though Linda sold the copyright inwards the vocal inwards 1939, his heirs are claiming that it should convey reverted dorsum to them 25 years dorsum to his overstep away inwards 1962. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 courtroom inwards Pretoria has said that, should the household unit of measurement win, over 240 merchandise marks owned past times Disney, including Mickey Mouse, could endure used to pay the family.

finds this a fighting worrying. Surely the Mickey Mouse merchandise seat is as well as thence good known that its purpose past times anyone other than Disney volition seriously confuse consumers.

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