Tsuburaya Pro wins against a Chinese company that does not produce Ultraman movies.
In a trial in which Tsuburaya Productions in Japan was suing copyright infringement for making and releasing Ultraman's movie without permission in China, a Chinese court admitted the action and against the Chinese company that produced the movie , Sentenced him to a payment of damages.
Tsuburaya Productions, which holds the copyright of Ultraman, says that a Chinese filmmaker made a movie of "Ultraman" without permission and released it three years ago, stopping the movie release and distribution on the net, and damage The lawsuit was filed in a Chinese court as a lawsuit for compensation.
According to Tsuburaya Productions, the first court in Shanghai admitted that the Chinese company infringed the copyright on the 30th of last month, ordered the suspension of movie distribution and payment of damages of more than 38 million yen in Japanese yen. It means that he has handed down the judgment.
Regarding this decision, Tsuburaya Productions said, "We believe that this decision was made in accordance with the basic principles of copyright law, and that it is a natural result. We will continue to take a firm attitude toward acts that infringe our rights in China. We will respond."
On the other hand, one of the five companies Tsuburaya Productions has appealed to, “Guangzhou Blue Arc Culture Propagation Co., Ltd.,” said a person in charge of NHK, saying, “The decision has just been issued and we are considering future measures. That's it."