Donald Duck to testify?

0 Comments POSTED ON Dec 05 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

An Italian court has named Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Tweety and Mickey Mouse as witnesses in a counterfeiting trial .

The court summons cites Titti, Paperino, Paperina, Topolino — the Italian names for the characters — as damaged parties in the criminal trial of a Chinese man accused of counterfeiting products of Disney and Warner Bros.


While the story summons jokes of all levels– “I didn’t say she was crazy, your honor, I said she was fuckin’ Goofy!”–alas, it is just a clerical error. Instead of writing down the companies as witnesses, a clerk wrote down the names of the characters. That is fortunate, because it is unlikely Disney would have allowed Mickey and Donald to be extradited for the trial.

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  1. Cary Coatney says:

    Finally – all that legal stuff I used to file online for the WB during my tenure there is finally coming to light.

    ~

    Coat

  2. michael says:

    What would be awesome is if everyone showed up to court dressed as one of the characters! :D


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