Pierrot the Clownfish

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Pierrot the Clownfish
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Cover of the book
AuthorFranck Le Calvez
Original titlePierrot le poisson clown
IllustratorRobin Delpuech
Thierry Jagodzinski
LanguageFrench
Genre Children's literature
PublisherÉditions Flaven Scène
Publication date
November 2002
Publication place France
ISBN 2-9519138-1-8

Pierrot the Clownfish is a French children's book by author Franck Le Calvez. [1]

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Disney lawsuit

In 2003, Le Calvez filed suit against Pixar and its distribution company Walt Disney Pictures, claiming that the story and the characters from this book were plagiarized in the film Finding Nemo . The author and his lawyer, Pascal Kamina, demanded from Disney a share of the profits from merchandising articles sold in France. Le Calvez and Kamina lost the lawsuit on 12 March 2004 and intended to file an appeal on 5 October 2004; [2] however, to date there has been no further action taken against Pixar on the matter.

References

  1. ↑ "Pierrot, le poisson clown ; le nuage noir". Chapitre.com (in French). Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2002.
  2. ↑ Lagorce, Aude (3 December 2004). "French Court Denies Disney Ban". Forbes . Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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