Mickey Mouse. It was sold back in 1930. 1935: You might have noticed that all of the pictures from cartoons up to this point have been black and white. Well, on 23 February 1935, The Band Concert ...

The copyright on Mickey Mouse expires today, meaning The Walt Disney Company no longer has the exclusive rights to the character. Does this mean you can put Mickey in your own cartoon? Not exactly.

Mickey Mouse turns 87 this Wednesday. To celebrate Walt Disney’s beloved and iconic character, we’ve compiled 11 pictures of cute, cuddly, and spiny mice, most of which are from National ...

However, in 1928, Walt Disney lost the rights to Oswald to Universal Pictures and famously in response, decided to design and create a mouse instead. Whereas Mickey went on to become an iconic ...