> Never mind the fact that trademark is a better fit for how they use it... I'm not sure about this. I think trademark would prevent you from publishing a work

> Never mind the fact that trademark is a better fit for how they use it... I'm not sure about this. I think trademark would prevent you from publishing a work and calling it "Mickey Mouse" or something similar, but it wouldn't stop you from producing work which incorporated Mickey Mouse somehow, and calling it something else e.g. "I Hate Corporate Mice" or something.