Mickey Mouse, a character so integral to the Disney brand that the company is sometimes called the Mouse House, first appeared alongside Minnie in Steamboat Willie on November 18, 1928 and has ...

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. 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 ...