Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walt Disney's signature creation, Mickey Mouse, in his breakout 1928 cartoon short, "Steamboat Willie." (Photo: ©Walt ...

Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. Gordon was a reporter for TIME, based in the London bureau. When Walt Disney first released the cartoon short film Steamboat Willie in ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Oh boy! It's time to celebrate Walt Disney's most iconic character, the one who started it all — Mickey Mouse! On Nov. 18, 1928, Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks released the Walt Disney ...

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.

He may have hit the big 9-4 in calendar years, but Mickey Mouse is forever young in the hearts of kids, parents, grandparents and even great-grandparents. The signature creation of Walt Disney — and ...