The Mickey Mouse who floated into public domain last year was the depiction from "Steamboat Willie," a black-and-white animated short released in 1928. Popeye popped up the next January in a strip ...

In reality, however, Disney will lose copyright protection for the first version of Mickey Mouse from “Steamboat Willie,” a 1928 short black-and-white film, in the United States and several ...

An updated design featuring Mickey Mouse and his friends ... the white sole. This white line runs all the way around the bottom of each shoe. The Crocs wordmark is in black near the heel.