Can’t find this anywhere (Pinocchio in the workshop).
Anyway to figure out where it came from?

Is there a way to estimate how much this clock would cost to repair? Found a power adapter. The music plays (well, repeatedly) but the curtain does not close and I have not been able to put up with the music long enough to see if the clock works (ticks)

Wiki entry on Trademark Infringement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.....fringement

A similar issue is genericized trademarks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.....ricization Most people are surprised to find out that words like aspirin, zipper and cellophane were originally trademarked brand names starting with capital letters. Over the years they lost their status of only applying to a particular brand. I can appreciate how the Bayer company never defended their registered trademark of Heroin (but that’s another story).

That story regarding Disney and the daycare center was from 1989 and I suspect that you hadn’t heard about it before I provided that link. I think that black eye healed a long time ago and people still buy Disney merchandise. And to think they did it without your legal or public relations advice! Amazing.

Bottom line, Disney did what they reasonably believed that they had to do under the law. It’s not just Disney, I’d defend any creative person wanting to defend their intellectual property.
If you created something and trademarked it you can do what you like. But if you choose to defend it, I’ll be cheering you on from critics disparaging you on the amount of “force” you use to “squash” moves, or acting on people even “thinking” about infringing on your work.

I agree that Disney does have the right to defend trademarks. However I feel that Disney’s bad rap is for the amount of force that they use. As for example that you linked to. I feel that Disney legal department made a mistake and was too overenthusiastic. What Disney could have done is state “yes, it is a trademark infringement but we won’t pursue prosecution in this case. We would like to state that we are not affiliated with this day care center however.” End result? The Day care would have been able to keep the characters as painted and Disney would have avoided a black eye in it’s reputation. Because of that act the Disney legal department (and by association the rest of Disney itself) has a less than sterling reputation.

Wiki entry on Copyright Term Extension act:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.....ension_Act

So judging from the chart, Pinocchio will remain under copyright until about 2035. Thus giving ( I Feel) the Disney Legal department and by extension Disney itself more than enough time to either sully Disney’s reputation or make some changes and show a more human face and less of a faceless Corporation.

Modern Mechanix ? Pinocchio the Puppet Here is a cool little project that I can use as my first project with the little scroll saw I picked up at the thrift store last week. I just need to wait for……

Take a tour of yesterday’s future today — Horns made from tree trunks give odd musical tones – Link. Phone calls answered by machine – Link. $100 submarine – Link. Odd devices wake sleepers who scorn alarm clocks – Link…….