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I think it's a little more complicated than that. The primary goal of trademark is to prevent consumer confusion. Mickey Mouse is so closely associated with Dis
by chc 11y ago
I think it's a little more complicated than that. The primary goal of trademark is to prevent consumer confusion. Mickey Mouse is so closely associated with Disney and used with such a dizzying array of products that calling something Mickey Mouse, even something NSFW that Disney wouldn't want to make themselves, seems likely enough to cause confusion.
- nedwin 11y agoAnd I wouldn't worry about Disney's ability to monitor and enforce their trademark either
- saint_fiasco 11y agoThey have failed before. https://www.google.com.py/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=677&q=productos+mickey+paraguay&oq=productos+mickey https://www.google.com.py/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&bi... Somehow that is allowed in my country because they are not selling cartoons, just food and spices and things like that. Using an image of Mickey Mouse himself adds insult to the (admittedly tiny) injure.
- logfromblammo 11y agoIt's not, really. Disney does not sell "adult massagers", and everybody knows it, so if I want to make one and call it the "Mickey Mouse", they do not have grounds for a trademark infringement action. They do not sell that type of product. Once Steamboat Willie is in the public domain, I can even put a picture of Walt's original Mickey character on the box. Of course, the profit margins on a product that does not set fire to the "sue me now" beacons are usually going to be higher. If you are not already aware, the international intellectual property protections are more beneficial to people and companies that have more money to spend on invoking them. Just because you could doesn't mean you should.