While A.A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh stories entered the public domain on January 1, 2022, Disney still owns the rights to its animated versions of Pooh and other characters, including Tigger, and maintains trademarks for the name "Winnie The Pooh" .
A.A. Milne's original Winnie-the-Pooh story, published in 1926, entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2022, after 95 years of copyright protection.
Disney acquired the rights to the original Pooh character and his friends in 1961, and they still own the rights to their animated versions, including Tigger, and the trademark for "Winnie The Pooh".