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Otaku-sempai
Joined: 27 Mar 2017
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Location: Lackawanna, NY
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 Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:11 pm
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| Quote: | | Animation International, the Shanghai-based company that owns the Doraemon license, filed a complaint the following year, and China's Trademark Review and Adjudication Board ruled that the trademark was invalid. Jiqimao filed a lawsuit to protest the decision in January, reportedly claiming that its image does not sufficiently resemble Doraemon. |
Jiqimao's claim is, of course, absolutely absurd. If any sighted Japanese person born in the past fifty years was shown an image of their mascot, it would be immediately identifed as Doraemon. That is without question. But lawyers do what they are required to do even if it's a bald-faced lie.
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Haterater
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 8:04 pm
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Know little of Doraemon and the first thing I thought of was that it was Doraemon. Not even trying.
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Afezeria
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Location: Malaysia, Kuantan.
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Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 9:06 pm
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It is literally Doraemon, no questions asked. Those corporation aren't even trying in covering up the trails they are leaving behind, it's utterly insulting.
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forexjammer
Joined: 01 Dec 2017
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 1:27 am
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What a disgrace, those people are blinded by greed.
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srlracing
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 11:01 pm
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Chinese court finding in favor of Chinese company in IP dispute? I. AM. SHOCKED! China has a long history of not only turning a blind eye to IP infringement by domestic companies on foreign IP but even legislating that foreign companies must hand over IP to Chinese companies in order to do business in China. There is literally nothing you can do about it.
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Otaku-sempai
Joined: 27 Mar 2017
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 11:59 pm
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| srlracing wrote: | | Chinese court finding in favor of Chinese company in IP dispute? I. AM. SHOCKED! China has a long history of not only turning a blind eye to IP infringement by domestic companies on foreign IP but even legislating that foreign companies must hand over IP to Chinese companies in order to do business in China. There is literally nothing you can do about it. |
Except that the story is about a Chinese court NOT finding in favor of the Chinese company. 
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matsushima
Joined: 23 Apr 2014
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Posted: Sun May 06, 2018 12:48 pm
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| Otaku-sempai wrote: |
| Quote: | | Animation International, the Shanghai-based company that owns the Doraemon license, filed a complaint the following year, and China's Trademark Review and Adjudication Board ruled that the trademark was invalid. Jiqimao filed a lawsuit to protest the decision in January, reportedly claiming that its image does not sufficiently resemble Doraemon. |
Jiqimao's claim is, of course, absolutely absurd. If any sighted Japanese person born in the past fifty years was shown an image of their mascot, it would be immediately identifed as Doraemon. That is without question. But lawyers do what they are required to do even if it's a bald-faced lie. |
Heck, most people in China would probably also identify it as Doraemon. It's quite popular over there too.
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belvadeer
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 12:03 am
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Ah, the nation that forever steals others' copyrighted IPs and recolors/redesigns them in a pathetic attempt to make them their own. Never change China, never change. (Though in this case, they didn't even attempt to recolor or redesign him.)
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EricJ2
Joined: 01 Feb 2014
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 2:06 am
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| belvadeer wrote: | | Ah, the nation that forever steals others' copyrighted IPs and recolors/redesigns them in a pathetic attempt to make them their own. Never change China, never change. (Though in this case, they didn't even attempt to recolor or redesign him.) |
Or say that it was actually a mouse or other unconvincing animal, like they did with the knockoff-Doraemon suit character at that knockoff-Disney amusement park.
Y'know, it's possible, are Communist countries, like post-fall Russia, actually MORE likely to engage in cheap/illegal commercial stunts, because they don't quite grasp the legal pitfalls of legitimate commercial marketing and licensing, and are more concerned with not having to owe other countries for it?
Where the only people who've hit on the idea of "Hey, you sell stuff and get money for it!" are those working outside the state system, and haven't quite studied up on the qualities of business ethics.
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belvadeer
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 8:48 am
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| EricJ2 wrote: | | Y'know, it's possible, are Communist countries, like post-fall Russia, actually MORE likely to engage in cheap/illegal commercial stunts, because they don't quite grasp the legal pitfalls of legitimate commercial marketing and licensing, and are more concerned with not having to owe other countries for it?
Where the only people who've hit on the idea of "Hey, you sell stuff and get money for it!" are those working outside the state system, and haven't quite studied up on the qualities of business ethics. |
That's a very good hypothesis actually, Eric. It makes sense when you think about it.
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