Hello poster, your question is confusing the impact of copyright infringement and previously registered trademark infringement on trademarks.
First of all, regarding copyright infringement.
Unless you get permission from Disney, producing socks with Mickey's face or the word micky on them is an infringement of Disney's copyright. If the other party accuses you of infringement, you will have nothing to say.
Secondly, regarding infringement of the exclusive rights of registered trademarks.
Before trademark registration, you must go through a professional search by an agency. If an applicant has applied for a Disney pattern before you and used it on socks, then you cannot use this trademark on similar products. Otherwise, it will infringe Ruiren's prior trademark exclusive rights.
As for the issue of copyright infringement, our country still rarely handles such cases, so we often see cartoon schoolbags with mung bean frogs and BOBO printed on them all over the streets, so if you are targeting The market is not an international market for import and export trade. It may be okay to only sell in small local markets. My personal opinion is for reference only.
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