The Court did not recognize the heroes of the Dormition – Cheburashka and Kota Matroskin

Claim of copyright infringement and recovery of compensation has been filed against the manufacturer of USB-drives – LLC FleshMaster. According to the writer, but he is the author of these characters, because it is from his pen in 1966 published a book "Crocodile Gena and His Friends", and in 1974 – a tale-tale "Uncle Fyodor, dog and cat." Since the first literary image of Cheburashka and Kota Matroskin have been described and developed his creative work and no one passed, Eduard Uspensky argued that the continued use of his characters in any form or by any means without their consent is unacceptable. Lawyers manufacturer Sticks did not dispute the right of the writer of literary works, but – not in three-dimensional image of his heroes. The court had before it the book itself, which contained the controversial images of the characters. Since the character "The Cat Matroskin" described as "big-very big cat, with a thrust to the sea and maritime attributes. And the name he chose the sea slope – Matroskin. Friend of the crocodile Genes in a book by Edward N. has no friends for most Russians, signs and presented solely as a defective product is a toy factory: "We made ​​so poorly that it was impossible to say who he is: a rabbit, dog, cat or even an Australian kangaroo? His eyes were large and yellow, like the owl's head – round, cleft, and the tail short and bushy, so what usually happens in young cubs. " About the big ears in the Assumption is not a word. The court concluded that used the image of the heroes was not created by a writer, and the whole team Soyuzmultfilm ":" The character of an audiovisual work – the result of intellectual activity of the creative team that created the cartoons. In this pre-existing different objects of copyright of various forms of expression that are included in the movie part – a literary script, shooting script, sketches, etc., as a result of their original creative integration lead to the creation of a new synthetic form. Franchisor and the controversial cartoon images has been recognized by the organization, now called the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "United State movie collection." It was her LLC FleshMaster "and signed a licensing agreement. "Writer, who participated in the creation of animated films, not entitled to the possession of exclusive rights to these films and their characters", – stated the Court, rejecting claims by Eduard Uspensky. According to "Fontanka", the writer intends to contest the decision.