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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:11 pm
by Sotiris
Disney Wins U.S. Appeals Court Ruling Over Pooh Trademark
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-1 ... -trademark
Walt Disney Co., the world’s largest entertainment company, won an appeals court ruling that protects its trademark rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh characters.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office was correct to throw out challenges to the trademark ownership filed by Stephen Slesinger Inc., which has waged a decades-long battle with Disney over ownership of the Pooh characters, an appeals court in Washington said today. Slesinger had already litigated the issue and lost in district court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an opinion posted on its website.
A.A. Milne, who wrote the Pooh books, transferred merchandising rights to Stephen Slesinger in 1930, and his widow licensed the rights to Disney in 1961. The Slesinger company and Disney have been fighting in court over royalties since at least 1991.
In 2009, a federal court ruled that Slesinger had transferred all of its rights in the Pooh works to Burbank, California-based Disney. The Federal Circuit today said that, based on that 2009 ruling, the trademark office was right to bar Slesinger from seeking to cancel the Disney trademarks.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 3:34 pm
by PatrickvD
This thread is ancient.
As is this court battle. They should just give up already.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:06 pm
by Neal
I wonder how many times someone has sued Disney and actually won? Probably pretty rare.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:43 pm
by Sotiris
Neal wrote:I wonder how many times someone has sued Disney and actually won? Probably pretty rare.
Well, Disney recently lost the big
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire lawsuit.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 11:15 pm
by Neal
^^ Ohh Diz, you really need that extra $300 mil... John Carter really has made you greedy to regain funds, huh?
Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 12:06 am
by Semaj
They probably deserved that loss.
Who Wants to be a Millionare? tanked, because ABC tried to show it four times a week in early 2001, which was part of why they had a hard time finding new shows over the next few years.
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:52 pm
by Kraken Guard
Funny.
When I saw the topic title, I thought someone had gotten pooh stains on their suit.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:20 pm
by Sotiris
It looks like it's finally over.
Once and for all, the Pooh belongs to Disney
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail. ... c58b08a7d6
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:29 pm
by PatrickvD
Finally.
Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:08 pm
by disneyboy20022
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Substitute Pooh for Rock