“Today, United States district court judge, Florence-Marie Cooper, will hear the latest arguments in one of the most drawn out cases in show business legal history. On the result of the case hang billions of dollars in revenue for Walt Disney Co in what has become the case of the Mouse – Disney’s nickname in the business, from its own profitable four-legged creature – and the Bear.”

—Mouse Fights Back in Case of Bear of Little Brain but Billions of DollarsGuardian)

I’ve never particularly liked Mickey, so I don’t really care; but the way Disney has co-opted Pooh is… well… a bother.