Recently, as the representative of Riman, the evangelical warrior in the new century once again entrusted Keith to file a lawsuit against the infringing seller on the e-commerce platform. Nowadays, Japanese animation has a certain fan base all over the world, and its peripheral products are also popular among fans. Once it is launched, everyone is scrambling to buy it. There are also many sellers who want to catch up with this animation craze and launch related products one after another, but they ignore the hidden risks of account and fund freezing.
Basic information of the case
Case number: 22-cv-2588
Brand: Khara Inc. and Ground Works CO., LTD,
Plaintiff’s brand: NEON GENESIS EVANGELION New Century Gospel Warrior
Plaintiff’s law firm: Keith
Time of filing the case: May 17, 2022
brand introduction
Gospel Warrior in the New Century is an animated work jointly produced by Dragon Son Studio and GAINAX, which is called EVA for short. The film premiered in Japan from October 4, 1995 to March 27, 1996, with 26 episodes.
Based on the world in 2015 where the “second shock” disaster occurred, the work mainly tells the story of the battle between the 14-year-old boys and girls who manipulated the huge universal humanoid decisive weapon “EVA” and the mysterious enemy “Apostle” who attacked the third New Tokyo.
The revolutionary strong stream-of-consciousness technique and the application of a large number of religious and philosophical images in this film are called ” Social phenomenon ” Great repercussions and impacts, together with Cosmos Battleship Yamato in the 1970s and Mobile Suit Gundam in the 1980s, have become the third generation animation works that have an impact on later animation works, become a milestone in the history of Japanese animation, and are recognized as one of the greatest animations in Japanese history.
Trademark copyright information
Since the creation of an animation work is copyrighted, the animation image of the work cannot appear on the product. At the same time, the following word mark held by the plaintiff’s brand, sellers should pay attention not to use it on their own product links:
Examples of cross-border infringing products
Case progress
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