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No. 8 of Top Ten Cases on Judicial Protection of IP Rights by Shanghai Courts in 2019: Universal Pictures (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Zunan Tonghe Culture Development Co., Ltd., Yongkang Xinshidai Industry Co., Ltd. — Case of dispute over copyright of cartoon image "Minions" (case of dispute over copyright infringement)
2019年上海法院知产司法保护十大案件之八:环球影画(上海)商贸有限公司与上海尊安同合文化发展有限公司、永康市新时代实业有限公司侵害著作权纠纷案——“小黄人”动画形象著作权纠纷案
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No. 8 of Top Ten Cases on Judicial Protection of IP Rights by Shanghai Courts in 2019: Universal Pictures (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. v. Shanghai Zunan Tonghe Culture Development Co., Ltd., Yongkang Xinshidai Industry Co., Ltd. (case of dispute over copyright infringement) — Case of dispute over copyright of cartoon image "Minions" 2019年上海法院知产司法保护十大案件之八:环球影画(上海)商贸有限公司与上海尊安同合文化发展有限公司、永康市新时代实业有限公司侵害著作权纠纷案——“小黄人”动画形象著作权纠纷案
[Case Information] 【案件信息】
[(2017) H0104MC No.27239 Civil Judgment of Shanghai Xuhui District People's Court,Collegial Panel:Yu Shi, Xu Hao, Liu Peiyao] 上海市徐汇区人民法院(2017)沪0104民初27239号民事判决,合议庭:于是、徐皓、刘佩瑶
[Case Brief] 【案情摘要】
The cartoon image "Minions" and relevant fine art works became the current hot, popular copyright IP with the success of the animated film series of "Minions" (including the Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, Minions and Despicable Me 3). The copyright owner Universal City Studios LLC and its authorized subsidiary Universal Pictures (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. also carried out close cooperation with many commercial entities in China in order to further explore the market value of the IP "Minions". As the former partner of the copyright owner for the cartoon image "Minions", Shanghai Zunan Tonghe Culture Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zunan"), on the one hand, for the purpose of obtaining the transaction opportunity, made an utmost effort to recommend to the copyright owner Yongkang Xinshidai Industry Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xinshidai") which was proposed to be the manufacturer of vacuum cup of "Minions", and conducted intermediary consultation and managed in an elaborate manner the necessary factory acceptance and audit for the latter; on the other hand, for the purpose of profit-making in an efficient way, without the authorization, namely, in its own name rashly signed with Xinshidai the contracts on consignment of manufacturing and sales of vacuum cup of "Minions" on a basis of "closed loop of production and sales", and issued a certificate of authorization. And Xinshidai, in the knowledge that Zunan had no rights to sign the said agreements and issue the certificate of authorization, manufactured in great batch and sold the vacuum cup of "Minions" and widely sold the same on various e-commerce platforms, based on the motivation to seize the market quickly, for profit and convenience, deliberately beyond the scope of the contracts on consignment of manufacturing and sales signed with Zunan, with the help of false authorization and ignoring the fact that it had not passed through factory acceptance and audit conducted by the copyright owner. Meanwhile, it also participated in a large scale of national exhibitions to conduct exhibition and marketing on the vacuum cup of "Minions" which was suspected of infringement. Based on the above-said facts, Universal Pictures (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd., with the authorization of the copyright owner Universal City Studios LLC, filed a lawsuit in this case, requesting to order that Zunan and Xinshidai stop infringing the copyright of the fine art works of "Minions" and make joint compensation to the Plaintiff for economic losses and reasonable expenses totaling RMB 500,000, publish a statement in the public media to eliminate impacts and destroy the production mould, finished products, semi-finished products and their packages which are used to manufacture the infringing products. “小黄人”动画形象及相关美术作品因“小黄人”系列动画电影(包括《神偷奶爸》《神偷奶爸2》《小黄人大眼萌》《神偷奶爸3》)的热映而成为当下炙手可热、人气颇高的知名著作权IP。著作权人尤尼维瑟城电影制片厂有限责任公司(UniversalCityStudiosLLC)及其授权子公司环球影画(上海)商贸有限公司亦在我国与众多商业主体开展紧密合作,旨在深度发掘“小黄人”IP的市场价值。作为“小黄人”动画形象著作权人曾经的合作伙伴,上海尊安同合文化发展有限公司(以下称尊安公司)为获取交易机会,一方面向著作权人极力推荐拟作为“小黄人”保温杯生产商的永康市新时代实业有限公司(以下简称新时代公司),为后者通过必要的验厂审计等事宜居中接洽、详加打理,一方面为高效牟利,在未获得授权的情况下,即贸然以自身名义与新时代公司签署“产、销闭环”的“小黄人”保温杯委托制造、委托销售合同并出具授权证明。而新时代公司在明知尊安公司无权签署前述协议及出具授权的情况下,基于快速抢占市场之动机,因利乘便,蓄意超出与尊安公司签署的委托制造、委托销售合同范围,借助虚假的授权外观,无视尚未通过著作权人验厂审计之事实,大批量制造并销售“小黄人”保温杯,并于各大电商平台广为销售。同时,其还成规模地参与国家级展会对涉嫌侵权的“小黄人”保温杯进行展览及市场推广。基于上述事实,环球影画(上海)商贸有限公司经著作权人尤尼维瑟城电影制片厂有限责任公司授权提起本案诉讼,要求判令尊安公司和新时代公司停止侵害“小黄人”美术作品的著作权,共同赔偿原告经济损失及合理费用共计50万元,于公开媒体刊载声明、消除影响,销毁用于侵权商品制造的生产模具、成品、半成品及其包装。
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