Mixing up a couple of legal concepts here. Whether something is in the
public domain (from a copyright perspective) generally refers to the
age of a work (artistic expression), if you do a search on Google, you
can find some time tables on when works pass into the public domain,
for your own edification, if that topic interests you.
If something is an indicator of the source or origin of a product or
service, it is a trademark. Trademark rights do not pass into the
public domain, but exist as long as the producer uses the mark (logo,
etc) as a mark in commerce (unless the mark becomes generic, which is
kind of like being in the public domain I guess, but is a different
legal concept).
That's the general IP primer of the day, but not specific as to
Tillie.
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