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If the shoe fits, sell it with your patented images.

Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
 Co. has partnered with Crocs Crocs Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is an American company founded by Lyndon "Duke" Hanson, Scott Seamans, and George Boedecker[1] in July 2002. Based in Boulder, Colorado, the firm was created to market a lightweight plastic shoe first developed and manufactured by Foam  Inc., which will produce a line of its lightweight clogs featuring Mouse House characters just in time for the holidays.

Disney characters This is a currently incomplete list of Disney characters:
  • Aladdin
  • Alice
  • Ariel
  • Baloo the bear
  • Belle
  • Benny the Cab
  • Black Pete
  • Boo (Mary) - Monsters Inc
  • Brer Bear
  • Brer Fox
  • Buzz Lightyear
  • Captain Hook
  • Casey Junior
  • Chip & Dale
 including Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh as well as images from hit films "Cars" and "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean.
Pirates of the Caribbean
" will adorn the popular, multi-colored shoes.

"Disney characters symbolize fun and magic, and we think they are a particularly good fit with the Crocs brand," said Crocs Chief Executive Ron Snyder, whose firm is based in Niwot, Colo.

The announcement didn't provide either company with much traction on Wall Street in what was a difficult week for both. Shares of the companies traded in the $27-$30 range.

Crocs was sorting through legal response from the 11 companies it has sued for patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. .

Disney was busy defending its decision not to pull Mel Gibson's upcoming film "Apocalypto" following the star's drunken post-arrest outburst.

An expanded product line is expected for spring 2007.
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Title Annotation:MARKETPLACE; Crocs Inc.
Author:York, Emily Bryson
Publication:Los Angeles Business Journal
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 7, 2006
Words:172
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