Bambi that if the claimed 1923 publication date was accurate, then the copyright renewal filed in 1954 had been registered after the deadline and was thus invalid. The courts initially upheld Disney's view; however, in 1996, the Ninth Circuit Court reversed the decision on appeal. Bambi Bambi is a 1942 American animated film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the book "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" by Austrian author Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942, and is the fifth Disney animated
Mandeville-Anthony v. Walt Disney Co. Chaos", an animated television show and movie, that he believed Disney copied in order to make their own films, "Cars" and "Cars 2", both of which were very successful, and animation television show "Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales". He also made breach of contract claims stating that he and Disney signed a contract barring Disney from using the ideas contained in his works. The decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. In May 2006, The Walt Disney Company released an award-winning movie called "Cars", based on a story about an anthropomorphic racing car whose journey transforms him from an