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JERRY BECK (LA)
AMID AMIDI (NY)
Cartoons Summoned to Court
December 4, 2007 11:20 am


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In a “clerical error worthy of a Looney Tunes cartoon“, a court in Naples sent a summons to Tweety, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck ordering them to appear Friday at a copyright infringement trial. This AP story made my day.

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wundermild says:
12/4/07  12:14pm

“Unfortunately they cannot show up, as they are residents of Disneyland.” – Does that mean that Tweety will also be called to court for unlawful entry?

 
Larry Levine says:
12/4/07  12:21pm

I guess Mickey, Donald & Tweety Pie are CHARACTER witnesses in the case!

 
Bill Field says:
12/4/07  12:50pm

If you see a giant mouse hopping around the judges chambers, you’ll know it’s a kangaroo court.

 
BJ Wanlund says:
12/4/07  3:16pm

CHARACTER witnesses, CLASSIC!!!

And Bill, good point. It probably IS a kangaroo court, knowing what kinds of grave clerical errors come out of it!

 
Behonkiss says:
12/4/07  4:00pm

They should just have Wayne Allwine and Joe Alaskey come in and do the trial in character, record it, and broadcast it for the world to see.

 
Brandon Pierce says:
12/4/07  4:33pm

How the heck did Scooby Doo get left out in a copyright infringement toy company? Totally missed oppurtunity…

 
Andrew says:
12/4/07  5:46pm

I heard about this in the news. That made MY day too.

 
red pill junkie says:
12/4/07  6:55pm

“Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you Walt?” ;-)

 
Melle says:
12/4/07  7:15pm

XD Haha!! I agree wtih Behonkiss!! Now THAT’D be worth seeing! I bet it’d be filled with hilarity! XD

 
Christopher Cook says:
12/5/07  5:52am

Some thirty years ago, National Lampoon had an article on Wile E. Coyote’s suit against the ACME corporation for breach of contract, faulty merchandise and bodily injury.

 
Maggie Simpson says:
03/27/11  4:33pm

I’d like to see Mighty Mouse be arrested for “reckless endangerment”

 
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