BL 3: Finding Nemo

QUESTION 1: What is the Website Address for BBC News?

Answer: http://news.bbc.co.uk/
QUESTION 2: After performing your Search, how many postings did your find?

Answer: 8 posts

QUESTION 3: List the Title and Date of each Posting (in ascending date order i.e. from oldest to most recent)[Too many pages to list so i'd list some]

Answer:
News - Disney sued in France over Nemo 24 Dec 2003
News - Finding Nemo case delayed 29 Jan 2004
News - Finding Nemo 'copy' case begins 24 Feb 2004
Newsround - Frenchman claims he invented Nemo 25 Feb 2004
News - French author loses Nemo battle 12 Mar 2004
Newsround - Writer loses court claim for Nemo 13 Mar 2004
News - Frenchman loses Nemo copy claim 20 Apr 2005
Newsround - Children's author loses Nemo case 21 Apr 2005

QUESTION 4: After reading the postings in date order, write a summary in your own words outlining:
The initial claim and demands by Franck Le Calvez
Some key features of the case in relation to the claim of Copyright and Trademark Infringement
The final court ruling, key issues supporting the court’s ruling, and consequences for the various parties involved.

Answer: wanted to ban disney from selling nemo toys and books claimed that it was too similar to the fish story in 1995 called Pierrot the clown fish. Pierrot was registered as a trademark for Flaven Scene publishing house in February 2003. But Pixar thought up the idea of Nemo and registered their copyright The judge decided that there wasn't enough similarities to back le calvez's claims that disney stole his idea. Le Calvez was ordered to pay a total of 38,000 euros in damages to Disney and Pixar Animation. also ordered to reimburse legal fees of 23,000 euros to the three companies and to pay the cost of advertising the ruling.

Websites visited -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4466533.stm 2/12/06 10:15PMhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3516675.stm 2/12/06 10:45PM