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Wang Yuewen from Hunan v. Wang Yuewen from Hebei, et al. (Dispute over Infringement upon Copyright and over Unfair Competition)
湖南王跃文诉河北王跃文等侵犯著作权、不正当竞争纠纷案
【法宝引证码】
  • Type of Dispute: IPR-->Unfair Competition
  • Legal document: Judgment
  • Judgment date: 12-14-2004
  • Procedural status: Trial at First Instance

Wang Yuewen from Hunan v. Wang Yuewen from Hebei, et al. (Dispute over Infringement upon Copyright and over Unfair Competition)
(Dispute over Infringement upon Copyright and over Unfair Competition)
湖南王跃文诉河北王跃文等侵犯著作权、不正当竞争纠纷案

Wang Yuewen from Hunan v. Wang Yuewen from Hebei, et al.
(Dispute over Infringement upon Copyright and over Unfair Competition)@#
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BASIC FACTS@#
Plaintiff: Wang Yuewen, male, 42, a writer, dwelling at Changsha City, Hunan Province.@#
Defendant: Ye Guojun, male, 40, owner of Yeyang Bookclub, dwelling at Changsha City, Hunan Province.@#
Defendant: Wang Yuewen (previously named Wang Lishan), male, 38, farmer, dwelling at Zunhua City, Hebei Province.@#
Defendant: Beijing Zhongyuan Ruitai International Cultural Communication Limited Company, domiciled at Shilipu, Chaoyang District, Beiijing City.@#
Legal Representative: Yang Derong, general manager of the company.@#
Defendant: Hualing Publishing House, domiciled at Xicheng District, Beijing City.@#
Legal Representative: Chang Zhenguo, director general of the publishing house.@#
Wang Yuewen (hereinafter referred to as Wang Yuewen from Hunan), the plaintiff, brought a lawsuit to the Intermediate People's Court of Changsha Municipality, Hunan Province (hereinafter referred to as Changsha Intermediate Court) against Ye Guojun, Wang Yuewen (a defendant, hereinafter referred to as Wang Yuewen from Hebei), Beijing Zhongyuan Ruitai International Cultural Communication Limited Company (hereinafter referred to as Zhongyuan Company) and Hualing Publishing House due to a dispute over infringement upon copyright and over unfair competition.@#
Wang Yuewen from Hunan alleged that he was a national first-class writer, and enjoyed a very good prestige in China due to his own works. The novel Chinese Painting (“guohua”) was his work created in 1999. In June 2004, Wang Yuewen from Hunan bought from Ye Guojun the novel Civil Wind (“guofeng”) published by Hualing Publishing House, with the name of the author as “Wang Yuewen”. Wang Yuewen from Hunan found through investigation that the true name of “the author” was Wang Lishan, who was a farmer in Zunhua City, Hebei Province. He received little education and ran the coal business, and was not capable of writing a novel. However, Wang Lishan changed his name into Wang Yuewen, and became Zhongyuan Company's contractual writer. Hence the novel Civil Wind was not a work created by Wang Lishan, but a work on which someone else's work on which Wang Lishan entered into an agreement with Zhongyuan Company as the author of the book after changing his own name from Wang Lishan into Wang Yuwen. Zhongyuan Company, Hualing Publishing House and Ye Guojun made and sold this work on which Wang Lishan concluded an agreement with them in the name of Wang Yuewen from Hunan, the true author. This act of theirs has heavily infringed upon the copyright of Wang Yuewen from Hunan, and constituted unfair competition against Wang Yuewen from Hunan. Wang Yuewen from Hunan pleaded the court to order the four defendants to: 1. stop the infringement, and make a public apology; 2. jointly and severally compensate 500,000 Yuan of economic losses and 30,000 Yuan of reasonable litigation expenditures to Wang Yuewen from Hunan; 3. bear the litigation costs for this case.@#
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湖南王跃文诉河北王跃文等侵犯著作权、不正当竞争纠纷案@#
【裁判摘要】@#
一、作家通过出售作品的出版发行权,从文化市场中获得自己的经济利益,是对自己的作品进行经营。根据反不正当竞争法二条第三款的规定,作家属于文化市场中的商品经营者。@#
二、知名作家在自己作品上的署名,具有商品标识作用。为推销自己的作品,采取借鉴、仿冒、攀附或淡化等手段,利用知名作家署名所具有的商品标识作用来误导消费者,属于反不正当竞争法二条第二款规定的不正当竞争行为。@#
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原告:王跃文,男,42岁,作家,住湖南省长沙市。@#
被告:叶国军,男,40岁,叶洋书社业主,住湖南省长沙市。@#
被告:王跃文(原名王立山),男,38岁,农民,住河北省遵化市。@#
被告:北京中元瑞太国际文化传播有限公司,住所地:北京市朝阳区十里堡。@#
法定代表人:杨德荣,该公司总经理。@#
被告:华龄出版社,住所地:北京市西城区。@#
法定代表人:常振国,该社社长。@#
原告王跃文(以下称湖南王跃文)因认为被告叶国军、王跃文(以下称河北王跃文)、北京中元瑞太国际文化传播有限公司(以下简称中元公司)、华龄出版社侵犯其著作权并与其不正当竞争,向湖南省长沙市中级人民法院提起诉讼。@#
原告湖南王跃文诉称:原告是国家一级作家,因自己的作品而在全国范围内享有较高知名度,小说《国画》是原告于1999年创作的作品。2004年6月,原告在被告叶国军处购买了被告华龄出版社出版的长篇小说《国风》,该书作者的署名为“王跃文”。经原告调查,这个“作者”真名叫王立山,是河北省遵化市农民,文化程度较低且从事煤炭交易,不具备写作长篇小说的能力。就是这样一个人,将自己姓名改为王跃文后,成为被告中元公司的签约作家。因此《国风》不是王立山创作,只是他人利用王立山来假冒原告署名的作品。中元公司、华龄出版社和叶国军制作、出售了王立山这一假冒原告署名的作品,严重侵犯原告的著作权,且对原告构成不正当竞争。请求判令四被告:1.停止侵权,公开赔礼道歉;2.连带赔偿原告的经济损失50万元,原告为诉讼的合理开支3万元;3.负担本案诉讼费用。@#
原告湖南王跃文提交以下证据:@#
1.小说《国画》复印件、互联网上对小说《国画》及其作者的评论,用以证明湖南王跃文具有的知名度和影响力;@#
2.小说《国风》的宣传资料复印件,用以证明华龄出版社、中元公司及河北王跃文在宣传词中有意误导读者;@#
3.河北省公安厅复湖南省公安厅的公函,用以证明河北王跃文原名王立山,从事煤炭生意,在身份证遗失后更名为王跃文;@#
4.票据,用以证明湖南王跃文为调查和追究侵权行为而开支的各项费用。@#
被告叶国军辩称:《国风》一书是从正规渠道进货的合法图书。作为经销商,本被告已尽必要的审查义务,不应承担责任。@#
被告叶国军提交了《出版物征订发行委托书》,用以证明经销《国风》一书是合法的。@#
被告河北王跃文辩称:公民有权决定和更改自己的姓名,本被告通过河北省遵化市公安局户籍管理部门批准登记后,使用“王跃文”为自己的法定姓名,完全符合法定程序;本被告以自己的姓名出版《国风》一书,是行使自己的著作权,与原告无关;原告起诉的是王立山,而本被告叫王跃文,故原告的起诉与本被告无关,本被告不是本案当事人。@#
被告河北王跃文提交以下证据:@#
1.身份证和常住人口登记表复印件,用以证明河北王跃文使用的姓名是经合法程序取得,《国风》署的是作者自己名字,没有侵犯湖南王跃文的著作权;@#
2.互联网上下载的报道文章,用以证明湖南王跃文在接受相关媒体采访及回答网友询问时,已明确表示知道《国风》不是他的作品,河北王跃文的身份证也非伪造。@#
被告中元公司辩称:本被告尊重原告,从未侵害原告的权益,原告的起诉没有事实根据;况且作家不是《中华人民共和国反不正当竞争法》(以下简称反不正当竞争法)界定的经营主体,原告与被告之间不存在竞争关系。@#
被告中元公司提交了《出版代理合同书》,用以证明中元公司是经河北王跃文授权,负责联络出版事宜,代理出版《国风》一书,该公司的行为只是一种代理行为。@#
被告华龄出版社辩称:《国风》一书的著作权归中元公司所有,作者署名与作者身份证上的姓名一致。本被告认为,公民有权使用自己的姓名,有权以自己的姓名发表作品,这一权利受法律保护,因此才与著作权人签订了《图书出版合同》,出版《国风》一书。该书书号为ISBN7-80178-149X/1.10,是正规出版物。作为国家级出版单位,本被告依照相关规定履行了出版者的审查义务,没有侵犯原告的著作权。原告的诉讼请求没有事实根据与法律依据,应当驳回。@#
被告华龄出版社提交了河北王跃文于2004年4月26日向华龄出版社出具的《长篇小说<国风>出版授权书》及身份证复印件、中元公司与华龄出版社于2004年5月20日就《国风》一书签订的图书出版合同、中元公司的营业执照复印件、选题申报表、原稿编审纪录等证据,用以证明华龄出版社出版《国风》一书时,已经履行了全部审查手续,充分尽到了出版者的合理注意义务。@#
长沙市中级人民法院经审理查明:@#
原告湖南王跃文系国家一级作家,擅长撰写官场小说,在全国范围内享有较高知名度,其1999年创作的小说《国画》,被“中华读书网”称为十大经典反腐小说的代表作。@#
2004年6月,原告湖南王跃文在被告叶国军经营的叶洋书社购买了长篇小说《国风》。该书定价25元,由被告华龄出版社出版,被告中元公司负责发行。该书封面标注的作者署名为“王跃文”,封三下方以小号字刊登的作者简介为:“王跃文,男,38岁,河北遵化人氏,职业作家,发表作品近百万字,小说因触及敏感问题在全国引起较大争议”。发行商中元公司给书商配发的该书大幅广告宣传彩页上,以黑色字体标注着“王跃文最新长篇小说”、“《国画》之后看《国风》”、“华龄出版社隆重推出”、“风行全国的第一畅销小说”等内容。湖南王跃文为调查《国风》一书作者以及出版、发行情况,制止该书发行,共支付合理费用20055元。@#
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