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Author | Franck Le Calvez |
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Original title | Pierrot le poisson clown |
Illustrator | Robin Delpuech Thierry Jagodzinski |
Language | French |
Genre | Children's literature |
Publisher | Éditions 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]
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.