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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 19, 1999

Bear Essentials

Bear Essentials A tussle over Winnie-the-Pooh could become a big public access battle now that Walt Disney Co. is accused of abusing a confidentiality agreement. Oh, bother.

By Garry Abrams
        Winnie-the-Pooh, the lovable, honey-slurping bear created by British author A.A. Milne and merchandised to a fare-thee-well by the Walt Disney Co., is embroiled in a legal tussle over case secrecy that may attract the scrutiny of the California Supreme Court.
        Lawyers for Stephen Slesinger Inc. - which in 1983 licensed rights to Pooh and ...

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