97 years ago today, Disney copyrighted the Mickey Mouse character; Trib Live, August 12, 2025

PATRICK VARINE , Trib Live; 97 years ago today, Disney copyrighted the Mickey Mouse character

"On Aug. 12, 1928, an ambitious young man named Walt Disney filed a copyright application for Mickey Mouse, a new animated character he’d created alongside animator Ub Iwerks.

That turned out to be a successful business move for Disney, who would go on to build his character into an international entertainment empire."

Pantomime renames dwarfs to avoid breaching Disney copyright, Telegraph.co.uk, 12/04/08

Via Telegraph.co.uk: Pantomime renames dwarfs to avoid breaching Disney copyright, A Christmas pantomime has renamed the dwarfs in its production of Snow White, to avoid breaching Disney copyright:

"Doc, Dopey, Sleepy, Grumpy, Happy and Bashful have been ditched from the show at The Albert Halls theatre in Bolton, Greater Manchester.

Their roles have been taken by a crack team of dwarfs going by the names Goody, Loopy, Lazy, Growler, Noisy and Shabby.

But the seventh dwarf – Sneezy – has been allowed to keep his part, apparently because Disney failed to copyright his name."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3547008/Pantomime-renames-dwarfs-to-avoid-breaching-Disney-copyright.html