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Article: Lawsuit can't keep 'Nemo' off French shelves
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 16, 2004
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PARIS -- A French children's book author who claims Disney's
blockbuster "Finding Nemo" copied a fish of his creation, lost a
court battle to ban the sale of Nemo products in France.
Franck Le Calvez argued that the lovable title character in
"Finding Nemo" was based on his smiling orange-and-white clown fish
named Pierrot.
Judge Louis-Marie Raingeard de la Bletiere ruled Friday that
although the two fish resemble each other -- both have big smiles and
sport three stripes down the side -- their similarities weren't
enough to confuse people.
The judge noted the two fish have different smiles. Nemo's smile