The artist “Hedgehog in the FOG” sued the Central Bank for the violation of copyright

“The plaintiff Yarbuso Francesca Alfredovna said that in 2024 the Central Bank launched three types of” Hedgehog in the FOG “of the series” Russian multiplier (Soviet) “. Yarbusova believes that the defendant violated his copyright using the results of his activity intellectual without permission and without indicating its authorship, ”said the report.

It establishes that Moscow’s District Court of Moscow has not yet decided to make a production claim.

In September last year, the Central Bank launched commemorative coins dedicated to hedgehog in the fog. The director of the cartoon Yuri Northtein called this “robbery” in an interview with the environment, emphasizing that neither he nor his wife, the artist Yarbusova, did not give permission to use the character.

However, the Central Bank said an agreement with Soyuzmultfilm, which guarantees the legality of intellectual property rights and excludes violations of third party rights. Norshtein called the image in the plagiarism of coins, in which he accused the president of the Soyuzmultfilm Board of Julian Slashchev.

The Soyuzmultfilm Press service recalled that the study consolidated the rights of animation in 2017. “According to the terms of the license agreement, the study has the right to use the character of the film for the manufacture of goods without restrictions with the right To underline, “said Soyuzmultfilm’s RBC.