Generic drugs can’t claim to be the name brand equivalent. Again, trademarks are just consumer protection. They prevent a product or entity from impersonating another. They are extremely narrow in scope and can only be enforced in cases where a reasonable person might get confused.
As for the Mickey Mouse situation, I think now you could absolutely sell a shirt with Steamboat Willie on it, but you can’t put the Walt Disney company logo on the shirt, since that would be misleading. The current trademark of Mickey Mouse I think just means that Disney can continue using a stylized version of him as an alternative logo to the Walt Disney signature logo or the castle logo.
Generic drugs can’t claim to be the name brand equivalent. Again, trademarks are just consumer protection. They prevent a product or entity from impersonating another. They are extremely narrow in scope and can only be enforced in cases where a reasonable person might get confused.
As for the Mickey Mouse situation, I think now you could absolutely sell a shirt with Steamboat Willie on it, but you can’t put the Walt Disney company logo on the shirt, since that would be misleading. The current trademark of Mickey Mouse I think just means that Disney can continue using a stylized version of him as an alternative logo to the Walt Disney signature logo or the castle logo.
What if the company openly said they weren’t selling you actually Disney-approved stuff, but your friends don’t have to know that?