| Futabasha, the publisher of "Crayon Shin-chan", lost a lawsuit over the trademark rights of Shin-chan, which was acquired by unrelated Chinese companies before Futabasha did. Chinese Supreme Court admitted the viciousness of the fake trademarks but rejected Futabasha's demand for revocation due to the prescription. The case broke out in 2004. Futabasha was sued by Chinese companies for the trademark rights infringement when Futabasha started to sell Crayon Shin-chan goods in China. In addition to the demand for revocation, Futabasha had sued back the Chinese companies for the copyright infringement. Futabasha lost the suit in the first and second trials but the Supreme Court remanded the case to Shanghai Hight Court. Source: Natalie |
XinilMay 22, 2009 10:34 AM
| Well... that sucks for them.. |
| sounds harsh dude @source, oh if only i could read that. should find a way to translate it soon unless i pull out one of my bad habits and get lazy. |
| That is so messed up. Chinese business is a joke when it comes to international legal standards, especially copyright infringement, and the Chinese Supreme Court is a joke when it comes to enforcing them. How does some secretly obtained trademark hold any sort of weight against the rightful owners? One more reason I cannot respect China. |
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| Sued over their own product. Nice. |
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| Japan > China |
| Hello! |
mr_utopia_man said: That is so messed up. Chinese business is a joke when it comes to international legal standards, especially copyright infringement, and the Chinese Supreme Court is a joke when it comes to enforcing them. How does some secretly obtained trademark hold any sort of weight against the rightful owners? One more reason I cannot respect China. Nicely said China is pretty injust. |
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| So, if Futabasha loses, Crayon Shin-chan is officially a Chinese anime despite original Japanese production? That's awful. There's no other way to describe it. |
| China is hopeless. |
| lol, if getting a copyright case thru in China would be that easy, there wouldn't be this much piracy. I think Futabasha just didn't stuff enough bribery to the judges as the other party XD |
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Ruby_Moon said: lol, if getting a copyright case thru in China would be that easy, there wouldn't be this much piracy. I think Futabasha just didn't stuff enough bribery to the judges as the other party XD With that in mind, it seems pretty pointless for us to try to get the Chinese market; they're going to steal and profit off us in the end anyways. |
Konak said: With that in mind, it seems pretty pointless for us to try to get the Chinese market; they're going to steal and profit off us in the end anyways. think of it like there will always be some fansub groups that will keep fansubbing or pick-up fansubbing the rest if a series gets licensed in R1. some fansub groups will decide to drop, but there will always be someone else to pick it up. and with as many people as in China, there's just no end in sight. (uh, hopefully that made sense ^^; ) |
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| fight the power i with CC would |
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