When the movie "BladeRunner" was in production, someone discovered that there was already a science-fiction novel with a similar title: "The Bladerunner" by Alan E. Nourse (1974). Even though "you can't copyright a title" and Nourse's novel has a completely different plot, the movie studio licensed Nourse's novel just to forestall any accusations of having stolen anything. I forget how much Nourse was paid, but he later said that it was the easiest money he ever made since he never had any expectations that any movie studio had any real interest in filming his novel.
When the movie "BladeRunner" was in production, someone discovered that there was already a science-fiction novel with a similar title: "The Bladerunner" by Alan E. Nourse (1974). Even though "you can't copyright a title" and Nourse's novel has a completely different plot, the movie studio licensed Nourse's novel just to forestall any accusations of having stolen anything. I forget how much Nourse was paid, but he later said that it was the easiest money he ever made since he never had any expectations that any movie studio had any real interest in filming his novel.
My review of "The Art of Zootopia" is online.
http://dogpatch.press/2016/03/05/the-art-of-zootopia/
Fred Patten