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Consider: even if your interpretation were legally correct, what matters is your ability to convince a court to say so when Disney sues you.

That's probably an enormous expense that you'd be better off avoiding altogether by changing the name. Rebranding is also a lot easier now than once you've grown large enough to have shown up on Disney's radar.

You probably can't afford to be right, their lawyers however can afford to be wrong.

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Disney has sued pre-schools/kindergardens for putting up their characters on the walls. Think about that.

You're thinking of trademarks, not copyright.

If it has potential to cause customer confusion, it might be a trademark violation. A company is required to defend their trademarked terms, otherwise they may become generic terms.

(Standard I Am Not a Lawyer disclaimer. Go talk to a real one if you're worried.)