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Postby August » Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:29 pm

That's correct, Jim. But a word to everyone else, Tsuburaya Productions has legal representation -- so their lawyers know what is the best action to take, they are professionals, we are not. So let's leave it to them, because they've just managed to take quite a few bricks out of Chiayo's wall... Or as the old saying goes, "Give 'em enough rope, and they'll hang themselves." :)

When the original case was tried in Thailand, Chiayo won a lot of their demands, but when the case was appealed in Tokyo Superior Court, many of Chiayo's claims were dismissed. Here is what Chiayo was claiming (IIRC), which I am paraphrasing from the original news story of the outcome of the decision of the Tokyo Superior Court:

1. Complete global intellectual property ownership of Ultraman: DENIED. Tsuburaya was deemed the owner of the intellectual property.

2. Acknowledgment and Title of "Creators" of Ultraman (based on the Thai Buddha argument): DENIED. Tsuburaya Productions was acknowledged as the sole originators and "Creators" of Ultraman.

3. International television, theatrical and home video rights to ULTRA Q through ULTRAMAN TARO: DENIED. But, Chiayo was granted television, theatrical and home video rights to the above-mentioned series in Thailand only, based on the alleged 1976 contract. (They have since broken this in selling the home video rights of ULTRAMAN to BCI in Los Angeles.)

4. International ancillary rights; toys, figures, merchandize (excluding Japan): GRANTED. Again, based solely on the aforementioned contract allegedly signed by the late Noboru Tsuburaya.

In this light, these other companies will probably lodge their own lawsuits against Chiayo, since they are loosing their entire investment in PROJECT ULTRAMAN -- either in short term or permanently -- this will not be good for Chiayo. But, if Chiayo wasn't doing anything wrong, they wouldn't have lost in this particular lawsuit. This certainly would make any casual observer suspicious of Chiayo's "integrity."
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Postby August » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:24 pm

It's virtually impossible to stop (thank the gods), because Bandai would have to police all Japanese wholesalers. Besides, the actual numbers of items that are purchased from wholesalers amount to a handful of retail shops in Japan -- too small fry to be of any real concern.
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Postby kpa » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:17 am

On a related note, Cliff MacMillan of BCI has said the company will not be working with Chaiyo on any more DVDs of Tsuburaya's Ultraman shows.
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Postby August » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:59 am

Here's the original link where someone must have take the information originally, .

As for no market for ULTRAMAN, there's actually a sizeable nostalgia market for the original ULTRAMAN in the US, but not for any of the other series, really, because none of them were aired here (except for ULTRAMAN: TOWARDS THE FUTURE and ULTRA SEVEN -- but that was only in the 1990s, not enough time to get nostalgic about them).

But, BCI does have some other Japanese Giants coming in the near future... Stay tuned! :wink:
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