Disney is famous for this kind of $#!+. When I lived in Japan, they forced a nursery school or two to paint over Disney characters on the stucco wall around their school. The trick was to paint cute artwork which did not quite look too much like the Disney characters.
I am not a fan of Disney. But businesses must (by law) defend copyright or trademark infringements or risk losing any claim to them. It does make them appear as Goliaths fighting Davids but honestly they kind of have no choice. One obvious solution is for Disney to waive fees they charge for such screenings when it shown at a school or non-profit.
A local putt-putt golf place here is called ‘Goofy Golf’ and has been in business since the 60’s.
Disney made them paint over a ‘Goofy-like’ character on their sign, but could not make them change their name................
And thus did anime replace US cartoons...
“ Disney is famous for this kind of $#!+. ”
Yep. Only outfit worse is Harley Davidson. They’ll sue their own dealers over “infringement”.