Setback for Disney in Pooh battle

A judge has rejected an attempt by the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh creator A A Milne to reclaim the family’s copyrights and reassign them to The Walt Disney Company.

The ruling in the United States is a setback for Disney, which has been fighting a 12-year battle with a company that claims the entertainment giant has short-changed it millions of dollars in royalties from the sale of Pooh merchandise in north America.