Disney v. Gilead

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ā€˜This declaration shall continue in effect until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, King of England, living as of the date of this declaration

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What? Why?

Iā€™m surprised they didnā€™t tweak DeSantis with this a bit more.

This declaration shall continue in effect until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, King of England, Donald Trump 45th President of the United States, living as of the date of this declaration

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This assures the agreement outlives the current wave of fascism in Florida, likely by centuries. Seems like a nod to the rather vast number of princesses in Disneyā€™s story collection, too. Double zinger against Floridaā€™s current governor!

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ā€œLiving as of the dateā€ limits it to eight people, William, Harry. George, Charlotte, Louis, Archie and Lilibet. Itā€™ll probably end up lasting a century or so, in the absence of political turmoil.

" In Ireland, the descendants of Ɖamon de Valera are sometimes used.[4]"

Note that monarchs are used because busybodies actually keep track of royal deaths. I wonder if the descendants of Eamon de Valera attract legal paparazzi.

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And now TFG seems to be claiming it as his victory. :man_shrugging:

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Just goes to show you, never ever fuck with Disney lawyers.
They are good. Very very good.

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Yup. Donā€™t fuck with the Mouse.
No Worries Birthday GIF by Mickey Mouse

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ā€œI mean, think about it, a lawyer and a super villain. Thatā€™s like a shark with a grenade launcher on its head.ā€
Dr. Mrs The Monarch

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Question for our UKoGBaNI mutants: is Charles the ā€œKing of England?ā€ Doesnā€™t the Act of Union mean heā€™s King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth? Or is this a distinction without a difference? Could Florida argue this is invalid because thereā€™s no ā€œKing of Englandā€ by title?

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DF950626

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Distinction without difference. Just an indefinite benchmark for flourish. Basically Disney contract lawyers doing the legal equivalent of handstands.

My guess is in a few years this will end up in legal textbooks and bar exam questions all over the country. Rule Against Perpetuities is one of those issues law school professors love, law students hate and has virtually no existing examples in modern day legal practice.

I normally am not in the habit of praising mega corporate lawyers for underhanded creative (but legally correct) shenanigans. But this was just so well done and against raging douchenozzles.

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Maybe not bar exam questions, those tend to be a bit more meta or about generally applicable topics. But definitely in the text books and classes. I first leaned the phrase ā€œdonā€™t fuck with the Mouseā€ in law school. Disney plays a huge (arguably detrimental) part of US copyright law. Plus, profs are always looking for ways to make law school more entertaining. If it wasnā€™t for Disney being, well, full of lawyers, there would probably be entire courses on how Disney has used and abused the law

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Which is probably why this case is always in Intellectual Property textbooks

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I donā€™t remember that one! Though, tbf, law school was like 25 years ago. I had one prof who tried so hard to tie some novel I canā€™t remember into the class on court procedures. Another who ran his class a bit like a game show, and a third who composed songs about cases. Itā€™s a pity that last one was a sexist creep

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McDonaldā€™s learned its lesson there, afterward always going after even the smallest fried fish in the sea.

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The King of England does exist, itā€™s just that he has other superior titles too.

ā€œCharles the third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faithā€

Heā€™ll always be Charlie to me though.

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Did we see this news today? Mickey really screwed over DeSantis, rumor is heā€™s not happy.

The best part is this perfectly legal covenant. They canā€™t do perpetuity so they gave it an expiration date.

It will be in effect until 21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Englandā€™s King Charles III, the declaration said.

Mickey has better lawyers than DeSantis.

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Yep, about 17 posts upstream.

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I scrolled, I really did.

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