From what I see Warner Brother's gave them the rights to use the photo on the clock In 1994. Or a few different pic's to make these clock's. If the copyrights had been before it would have an earlier date. At the bottom. Probably a limited time agreement royalties had to been paid to Warner brother's for the use of their Copyright's. Theirs a maintenance fee on Patens and Copyrights and they go up every year. So I don't think they made these clock's before 1994. Give's me food for thought and will look into it more. Russ.