intellectual-property trademark
How to find the angle between Mickey Mouse&#39;s ears as specified in an official trademark?
<p>The Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse's two ears sit on top of his head in such a way that the silhouette looks a bit like a water molecule, with the head as the oxygen atom and the two ears as the hydrogens.</p>

<p>To take the comparison further, I wanted to find the original trademark filed by Disney, or subsequent filings and look to see if there is either an angle specified (and size ratio between the head and the ear) or at least an official artwork specimen which I could analyze.</p>

<p>I've found the post <a href="http://copyright.nova.edu/mickey-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mickey’s Headed to the Public Domain! But Will He Go Quietly?</a> which lists several filings, including TM Reg. 3750188, 0315056, 1152389, 3036883, 3006350, and 3598848 but likely some of these are not Mickey Mouse.</p>

<p>I don't know how to check those. When I try google patents for example, I can't find a way to see trademarks, which of course is not a surprise.</p>

<p>How can I find the angle between Mickey Mouse's ears as specified in an official trademark filing? If nothing helpful exists, what would be the next closest thing to it?</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wFGGe.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wFGGe.jpg" alt="Mickey Mouse, copyright Walt Disney Corporation"></a>
<a href="http://copyright.nova.edu/mickey-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source</a> <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBa6n.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZBa6n.png" alt="water molecules"></a> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3D_model_hydrogen_bonds_in_water.svg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Source</a></p>

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<p>I've also found <em>Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog's</em> <a href="https://anticipatethis.wordpress.com/2018/11/16/90th-anniversary-of-mickey-mouses-first-appearance-on-steamboat-willie/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">90th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse’s First Appearance on Steamboat Willie.</a> though I'm not sure it offers a proper view for measuring the angle:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8I2Yn.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8I2Yn.jpg" alt="Anticipate This!™ | Patent and Trademark Law Blog&#39;s [90th Anniversary of Mickey Mouse’s First Appearance"></a></p>

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<p>Also this presentation, which does not seem overly helpful: <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/ErdemTokmakoglu/deadmau5-trademark-infringement-case" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Deadmau5 Trademark Infringement Case</a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xcUoQ.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/xcUoQ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<h2>US Patent and trademark office</h2>

<p>You can find the relevant documents on <a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://tsdr.uspto.gov/</a> , which are trivially searchable by the trademark registration numbers you provide.</p>

<p>However, I'd doubt that "the angle between Mickey Mouses ears" is a term that will appear in any of these documents; a visual trademark will generally supply particular example drawings and a vague description, and it's up to the courts to decide if any particular usage is close enough to cause confusion or not, there isn't and can't be any formal criteria as in "this angle between ears is okay and that angle is not".</p>
