The Northern District Court of Illinois upheld the claims of TV Tokyo Corporation against sellers of counterfeit memorabilia from the Naruto anime franchise. This was reported by Anime News Network.
According to journalists, the defendants were more than 300 individuals from China and other countries who sold goods in America in violation of copyright. The court prohibited them from selling items under the Naruto brand, and also ordered each to pay $50 thousand to TV Tokyo. In addition, the judge ordered their domains to be disabled and demanded that Amazon, Walmart and other marketplaces stop cooperating with the violators. None of the defendants responded to the court’s summonses.
The Naruto anime series premiered in 2002. The show received a score of 8.4 out of 10 from users of the IMDb portal and 7.6 out of 10 from visitors to the Kinopoisk website. Previously, the best character in the Naruto franchise became known. He turned out to be the father of the main character Minato Namikaze. The ten most popular heroes of the work can be found in the material.
