Article: Court studies complaint alleging "Finding Nemo" copied French children's book


AP Worldstream
02-23-2004
Dateline: PARIS
A French children's book author claims there's something a little too fishy about Nemo.

Franck Le Calvez went to court Monday to argue that the lovable title character in "Finding Nemo" is a copy of his own creation, a smiling orange-and-white clown fish named Pierrot.

A Paris judge will decide March 12 whether "Finding Nemo" products should be pulled from the shelves in France while Le Calvez's lawsuit against Pixar and Disney is pending. Black-robed lawyers cradled Nemo stuffed animals Monday as they argued their cases.

Le Calvez claims Nemo's creators copied his character and story, "Pierrot the Clown Fish," about a young fish ...

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