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2022-04-05 15:10:17 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Boebert appears to have picked this issue up from Laura Ingraham, who was similarly mistaken - “Mickey” Mouse is a copyrighted character, not a trademark. Congress has already strengthened copyright law such that Disney’s many copyrights are well protected. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20copyright%20law,incentivizing%20the%20creation%20of%20art%2C

Written by 34CE9DB0BAADC3A031EC0BC854CDD2E2
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• summary
• Boebert appears to have picked this issue up from Laura Ingraham, who was similarly mistaken - “Mickey” Mouse is a copyrighted character, not a trademark. Congress has already strengthened copyright law such that Disney’s many copyrights are well protected. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States#:~:text=The%20goal%20of%20copyright%20law,incentivizing%20the%20creation%20of%20art%2C