Trade mark story; I was working as a New kindergarten teacher preparing a bulletin board in my classroom. I had copied several characters from the Disney cartoons,painstakingly drawing and coloring in their features. The display looked fantastic with the students work highlighted. On parents night ,one of the parents told me I should remove the Disney characters because of copyright infringements . He worked at American Greetings legal offices that follow up on infringement cases.
The Care Bears characters had just come out and many teachers had been copying characters from that collection. He shared his knowledge of the legalities involved . I was most grateful to know as the fines etc were very harsh for this new teacher.
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GrammyS
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