The following is from the legal case write up. □ now if you know anything about copyright the first appearance of a character if they do not have or their copyright isn’t renewed means that character falls into the Public Domain. conceded, yes conceded that none of the copyrights in the Casper comics from the early 1950s had been renewed and that (and get this) the action NOT to renew the copyrights and allow them to lapse was both willful and DELIBERATE of Harvey inc. The case was eventually dismissed on the basis that the judge believed it did NOT infringe on the copyright and trademark of Fatso or any of the ghostly trio but that’s not the important or interesting part:ĭuring the course of the case Steven Harvey (not the famous Steve Harvey American comedian and funny bloke) but Steven the president of Harvey inc. sued Columbia Pictures for copyright, trademark infringement and unfair competition claiming that the Ghostbusters logo depicting a cartoon ghost behind the prohibition sign infringed on their cartoon ghosts aka The Ghostly Trio most notably Fatso. This is a picture of Casper won't show up in post
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