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If you've watched a Disney film lately, you're probably familiar with a little clip that plays before the movie even starts featuring Mickey Mouse, whistling along as he operates a steamboat. You can ...

Steamboat Willie, the cartoon best known as the debut of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, is the subject of a new legal controversy. The law firm Morgan & Morgan created a commercial based on the iconic ...

A legal battle over the use of Steamboat Willie, Disney’s pioneering animated character, is unfolding in federal court.

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Morgan & Morgan dropped a lawsuit against Disney on Wednesday that asked a judge to rule the law firm could use an adaptation of the nearly century-old “Steamboat Willie” cartoon in one of its ads.

Disney secured a significant, if quiet, legal advantage this month when Morgan & Morgan withdrew its lawsuit seeking a federal ruling on the law firm’s ability to use imagery from the 1928 short ...

“Steamboat Willie” featured early versions of both Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, it was the third cartoon featuring the duo they made but the first to be released. In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, poses at the Pancoast Hotel in Miami, Fla., on Aug. 13, 1941. (AP Photo, File) ...

That’s a question that one of the largest personal injury law firms in the United States is asking a federal court in central Florida to decide. The law firm Morgan & Morgan, known for its tagline, ...