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1994年1月31日,美国沃尔特·迪斯尼公司(下称迪斯尼公司)向北京市中级人民法院递交起诉状,状吿北京三家出版、发行单位擅自出版、发行、销售的图书中自制了迪斯尼公司的卡通形象,侵犯其版权’请求法院判令被告立即停止侵权行为,赔礼道歉,赔偿177万余元经济损失。作为《中华人民共和国政府和美利坚合众国政府关瓀保护知识产权的谅解备忘录》(以下简称《中美备忘录》)生效后美方当事人在中国法院起诉的第一起版权纠纷案,其审理结果倍受瞩目。本文将对此案的审理情况及案件涉及的主要法律问题做一简要介绍。
On January 31, 1994, Walt Disney Company (the “Disney Company”) filed a lawsuit with the Beijing Intermediate People’s Court and made Disney’s own books in books published, distributed and sold by three publishing and distributing agencies in Beijing. Cartoon image, infringing its copyright ’request the court ordered the defendant to immediately stop the infringement, apologize, indemnity of 177 million yuan of economic losses. As the first copyright dispute filed by the U.S. parties in Chinese courts after the entry into force of the “Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights by the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the United States of America” (hereinafter referred to as the “China-US Memorandum of Understanding”), the outcome of the trial has drawn much attention. This article will give a brief introduction of the trial of the case and the major legal issues involved in the case.