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Chinese firms ordered to pay Disney, Pixar $194,000 for copying ‘Cars’: Xinhua
January 1, 2017 by admin · Leave a Comment
A Shanghai court ordered two Chinese firms to pay Walt Disney Co and Pixar more than 1.35 million yuan ($194,440) compensation for copying parts of their hit movies “Cars” and “Cars 2”, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The ruling is the latest in a slew of intellectual property wins for large foreign firms, who have complained about widespread copyright infringement in China. Disney and Pixar took the Chinese firms to court saying the characters, titles and posters from local animation “The Autobots” were substantially similar…
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Chinese firms ordered to pay Disney, Pixar $194,000 for copying ‘Cars’: Xinhua