Voronezhets will pay 40 thousand rubles for the operation of Smesharikov on his website

The Novousmansky district court of the Voronezh region ordered a local resident who administered the Internet resource to compensate rights holders 40 thousand rubles. The reason was the placement on the site of images of the characters of the popular animated series - Hedgehog, Kopatych, Pin, Barash, Elk, Nyusha, Sovunya and Kar-Karych.

As explained in the joint press service of the courts of the region, his actions violated the exclusive rights of Smeshariki LLC and Marmalad Media LLC. The defendant admitted the fact of violation, but insisted that the appointed amount was overstated: according to him, it was not a gross violation, and he did not receive a large income from sales.

Having studied the circumstances, the court recognized the plaintiffs' claims as justified and satisfied them partially. In favor of Smeshariki LLC, 20 thousand rubles were recovered for violation of trademark rights, another 20 thousand rubles in favor of Marmalad Media LLC for violation of copyright to drawings. In addition, court fees for the state duty were recovered from the site administrator. The decision has not yet entered into force and can be appealed.

Note that this is not the first such case in the region: previously a resident of the Voronezh region was fined 40 thousand rubles for a product depicting Lvenka and Turtles from the Soviet cartoon.