Online legend holds that Walt Disney changed the name at his wife’s request, which Snopes determined to be true. Quinn also sent Snopes the following two quotes to further confirm the tale: I'd fooled ...
While the Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie is in the public domain, a new lawsuit claims Disney is preventing the character ...
The lawsuit seeks clarity around whether companies can exploit the earliest depiction of Mickey Mouse from a 1928 animated short.
The mouse is fine with horror pastiches, but draws the line at merch.