Chinese Supreme Court Refuses To Revoke Fake Trademarks of Crayon Shin-chan
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
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May 23, 2009 7:11 PM by Takuya-kun
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 ^^; )
May 23, 2009 3:09 AM by Ruby_Moon
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.
May 22, 2009 11:04 PM by Konak
May 22, 2009 10:38 PM by Ruby_Moon
May 22, 2009 10:07 PM by Mouhappai
That's awful. There's no other way to describe it.
May 22, 2009 10:04 PM by Konak
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.
May 22, 2009 7:46 PM by Tobi-sama
May 22, 2009 12:02 PM by iTom
How does some secretly obtained trademark hold any sort of weight against the rightful owners?
That's very simple: A buyers' obligation to chek if something was "stolen" can only go sofar. They probably weren't required to check for ownership of the rights outside of China if they where aquiring the right for "just" China.
May 22, 2009 6:16 AM by rkrempel
Nice.
May 22, 2009 6:04 AM by LEGENDOFTHEAEIOU
One more reason I cannot respect China.
May 22, 2009 5:50 AM by mr_utopia_man
@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.
May 22, 2009 2:31 AM by enkil
May 22, 2009 2:29 AM by Ilyaoh
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