Disney gains fresh leverage as a lawsuit over Steamboat Willie is dropped, leaving the rules around early Mickey wide open.

Every year, the world celebrates the first of January as Public Domain Day, marking the release of copyrighted works into the public domain. In 2024, we saw popular intellectual properties enter the ...

Dan O’Neill was 53 years ahead of his time. In 1971, he launched a countercultural attack on Mickey Mouse. In his underground comic book, “Air Pirates Funnies,” the lovable mouse was seen smuggling ...

Novels by Ernest Hemingway, left, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck figure prominently in this year's trove of newly copyright-free literary works. (Associated Press) Last year, it was Mickey Mouse.

The first of January ushers in a new year, a new month and new entries to the list of works in the public domain. While 2024 saw many popular intellectual properties lose copyright protection — ...

But if copyright holders do pursue another extension, they may find that the road is more difficult than it was in 1998, because the Internet has changed the economics of the public domain. Back in ...

“‘Limitless’ Copyright Case Faces High Court Review” (Feb. 20) reported that the plaintiffs in the case of Eldred vs. Ashcroft hope to roll back the current ...

Sarah Hook does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In this series, we discuss some of the fundamental concepts of intellectual property law as they relate specifically to video game companies and other unique players in the space, including esports ...

Prepare for the parodies: "The Great Gatsby," along with a profusion of other Jazz Age media, has entered the public domain. On the first of January, the United States celebrated Public Domain Day, ...