Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
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Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#2I suppose trademark law will be the catch-all protection Disney will be using from now.
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#3Lawyers aren't expected to know the law outside of their specialty, but a law firm that doesn't understand basic trademark law is probably not a firm you want to trust with your legal matters, because it indicts a failure to perform even the most basic due diligence.
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#4Lawyers aren't expected to know the law outside of their specialty, but a law firm that doesn't understand basic trademark law is probably not a firm you want to trust with your legal matters, because it indicts a failure to perform even the most basic due diligence.
To help understand your comment, are you a lawyer?
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#5Lawyers aren't expected to know the law outside of their specialty, but a law firm that doesn't understand basic trademark law is probably not a firm you want to trust with your legal matters, because it indicts a failure to perform even the most basic due diligence.
Lego already tried this approach and it doesn’t work. You cannot use trademark law to extend expired patents or copyrights.
The real ad here is them baiting Disney and running this fairly open and shut case. Of cause they can use public domain material in their commercial and Disney can’t prevent them.
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#6Lawyers aren't expected to know the law outside of their specialty, but a law firm that doesn't understand basic trademark law is probably not a firm you want to trust with your legal matters, because it indicts a failure to perform even the most basic due diligence.
Lego already tried this approach and it doesn’t work. You cannot use trademark law to extend expired patents or copyrights. The real ad here is them baiting Disney and running this fairly open and shut case. Of cause they can use public domain material in their commercial and Disney can’t prevent them.
Copyright only applies to specific expressions.
Mickey is still a trademark of the Disney corporation.
You're right though. This is an open and shut case that Morgan and Morgan will lose. There's only several decades of case law on this...
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#7Lawyers aren't expected to know the law outside of their specialty, but a law firm that doesn't understand basic trademark law is probably not a firm you want to trust with your legal matters, because it indicts a failure to perform even the most basic due diligence.
To help understand your comment, are you a lawyer?
Yes.
If this was a case that Morgan and Morgan expected to win they would not have withdrawn the ad.
That they did indicates that they don't even believe their own claims.
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#8Typical. They want to profit from copyright but they don't want it to ever expire even if the law requires it. Mickey Mouse curve is their invention.
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
To help understand your comment, are you a lawyer?
Yes. If this was a case that Morgan and Morgan expected to win they would not have withdrawn the ad. That they did indicates that they don't even believe their own claims.
In law, isn't the process the punishment frequently? What if they're just expecting Disney to drain their coffers with frivolous legal work? Isn't that a reasonable response then?
Re: Morgan and Morgan takes Disney to court over 'Steamboat Willie' in ads
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lego already tried this approach and it doesn’t work. You cannot use trademark law to extend expired patents or copyrights. The real ad here is them baiting Disney and running this fairly open and shut case. Of cause they can use public domain material in their commercial and Disney can’t prevent them.
Copyright only applies to specific expressions. Mickey is still a trademark of the Disney corporation. You're right though. This is an open and shut case that Morgan and Morgan will lose. There's only several decades of case law on this...
>Mickey is still a trademark of the Disney corporation.
Mickey, yeah. But steamboat willie is covered by a copyright that has now since expired.