Winnie-the-Pooh

Commonly shortened to Pooh Bear or simply Pooh.. and once referred to as Edward Bear.

Is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne.

The first collection of stories about the character was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928).

Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children’s verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927).

All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

The hyphens in the character's name were later dropped when The Walt Disney.. Company adapted the Winnie-the-Pooh..stories into a series of Winnie the Pooh featurettes that became one of the company's most successful franchises worldwide:

see Winnie the Pooh (Disney).

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation:-

Winnie ille Pu.. which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the only Latin book ever to have been featured on the New York Times Best Seller List.

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In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain film and other rights to the characters.. stories and trademarks from Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and The Estate of A. A. Milne :-

and made a series of cartoon films about him.

The early cartoons were based on several of the original stories and the distinctive images made popular by Stephen Slesinger, Inc. during the 1930s through 1960s.

Alongside the cartoon versions.. which Disney adapted from Slesinger.. Slesinger's simplified lines and pastel color adaptations of Shepard's classical drawings are now marketed under the description "Classic Pooh".

In 1977, Disney released the animated feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh:-

Introducing a new character named Gopher, which Disney acknowledged by having Gopher proclaim, "I'm not in the book, you know!"

This movie features three segments that were originally released separately as featurettes:-

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974).

This feature version featured new bridging material and a new ending, as it had been Walt Disney's.. original intention to make a feature.

In 1983, a fourth featurette, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, was released.

In 1988, Disney launched the animated series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.. which aired from 1988 to 1991 with a total of 83 episodes.

Pooh's Playful Spot is a special area for little ones that's stuffed with fun, located in Fantasyland at Magic-Kingdom theme park.

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At times he licensed the same exclusive rights to more than one entity.

In the United States, Dutton publishers acquired exclusive volume publication rights and Stephen Slesinger, Inc., acquired sole and exclusive rights to virtually all uses outside of the Dutton books as well as rights to any sorts of future uses.

Beginning in 1930 Stephen Slesinger created all of the distinctive and colorful images of Pooh outside of the books.

Under license from Slesinger, Pooh made his debuts in radio, film, animation, children's theatre, advertising and a host of consumer products and services protected by trademark.

Outside of the U.S. and Canada, Milne retained most of his literary copyright rights which he left to four beneficiaries of his trust:

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The Garrick Club , Westminster School, The Royal Literary Fund and the A. A. Milne Family.

By direction of Milne's will, the Pooh.. Properties Trust was formed. Mrs. Milne, trustee of the Milne Estate and Spencer Curtis Brown, Trustee, licensed certain exclusive film rights to Disney in 1961.

Christopher Robin Milne... sold his rights to the other copyright holders, in order to raise money to support his daughter, before his death in 1996.

Sometime around 2000, the Pooh Properties Trust licensed additional rights to Disney and accepted a buyout from of their claims to royalties as defined in a 1991 lawsuit brought by Stephen Slesinger, Inc.

Although Slesinger's rights are arguably more valuable, the combined value paid by Disney to The Pooh Properties Trust is said to be approximately $300 million for Milne's portion of those rights.

To further minimize Disney's legal exposure to Slesinger, Disney paid money to the Pooh Properties attorneys and trusts to use the name of Clare Milne, daughter of Christopher Robin.. in an attempt to terminate certain of the copyright rights of Stephen Slesinger Inc, in the wake of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998.

The district court found in favour of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and as did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

On Monday, June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, thus sustaining the Appeals Court ruling.

In December 2005.. Disney announced:-

that Pooh's friend and owner Christopher Robin would be replaced by a six-year-old "tomboyish" red-haired girl named Darby:-

for the future Disney Channel. animated television series..

My Friends Tigger & Pooh.

Christopher Robin will appear intermittently in the series.

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