Public Domain only applies to copyrights, not trademarks. You could reprint the public domain material but you cannot use the names Batman and Superman to sell the products, nor their logos because those trademarks would still belong to DC. so even if they enter public domain (which is doubtful as every time major properties owned by corporations have come close to public domain, Congress has passed new laws extending copyrights), Mego could not put out figures using the S shield or Bat symbol, nor call them Batman or Superman on the packaging. If they wanted to use the emblems and the names, they would still have to pay DC/Warner.
Not sure how well generic guy in a blue suit with a red cape and no logos would sell for Mego.
-M
Not sure how well generic guy in a blue suit with a red cape and no logos would sell for Mego.
-M
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