My understanding about character cake pans is they are available for the general public, however not to be used for commercial use without a licence. When it comes to charater cakes I usually suggest they purchase a charater decoration and we can incorporate that into the cake. I completed a Thomas the Tank Engine cake last year and the mom purchased the Thomas and I created the cake around it. However, I did recently make a cars cake and didn’t even think about copy write.
I wonder how other decorators feel about copy write laws and if they have any standards they follow. J:~D