Can I use mickey mouse as logo for website? http://images.google.co.uk/images?h...num=0&q=mickey mouse&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wi
"Many people have believed erroneously that the Mickey Mouse character is protected only by copyright. In fact, the Mickey Mouse character, like all major Disney characters, is protected as a trademark, which like all trademarks lasts in perpetuity as long as it continues to be used commercially by its owner. Whether or not a particular Disney cartoon goes into the public domain, the characters themselves will remain protected as trademarks from unauthorized use. The Walt Disney Company has become well known for protecting its trademark on the Mickey Mouse character, whose likeness is so closely associated with the company, with particular zeal. Disney chose not to sue Paul Krassner for publishing Wally Wood's illustration of The Disneyland Memorial Orgy in the underground newspaper The Realist in 1967, and didn't pursue legal redress until a bootleg blacklight poster appeared. In a protracted case in the 1970s, Disney sued underground cartoonist Dan O'Neill for his comic book Air Pirates, even going so far as to request the court press criminal charges." - taken from Wikipedia
Disney (in)famously went after a couple of day care centers that had Mickey paintings on their walls. I wouldn't mess with them. http://www.snopes.com/disney/wdco/daycare.asp
I don't blame Disney for being so zealous to protect what rightfully belongs to them. In this litigious age, if a child gets hurt at a day care center which features Disney characters, you can bet that Disney would be one of the parties sued.