Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 1, 2009
Judge: Disney Owns Rights to Pooh
The decision by U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ends an 18-year battle over the rights to the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A judge has thrown out claims accusing the Walt Disney Co. of infringing on the copyright, trademark and trade dress of Winnie the Pooh, the final claims remaining in an 18-year battle in state and federal courts over profits generated from the franchise.
Disney and licensing company Stephen Slesinger Inc., which bought the Pooh rights from its author decades ago, have been locked ...
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