Micky Mouse is, as of this year, in the public domain. Although the walt disney corporation still owns the name as a trademark. These have slightly different rules and last forever. The way that it was explained to me is that you cannot use the name ‘micky mouse’ in the title, but besides that, he’s ours.

Initial concerns about the distinctness of original micky mouse from later iterations, have not born out. All major design elements are present from the beginning. Red shorts, hat/no hat, gloves. Its good to reuse and revise designs. Now we can get back to that, with literally a century of specifically disney writing american laws over this particular character.

Goodness,

also welcome to the space

the short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEKoVebGrv0