论知识产权法中动漫角色之界定与保护

On Identification and Protection for Comic & Carton Characters in Intellectual Property Law

二十一世纪是东西方文化不断交流、融合的时代。由于我国动漫产业落后,使得我国在面对西方强势文化的侵袭时有些无能为力。我们需要通过对动漫角色的法律保护研究,建立符合我国国情需要的动漫角色法律保护体系,为中国的动漫产业保驾护航,此举对大力发展"创意文化"产业亦具有非常重要的现实意义。本文借鉴国内外有关学说和判例,参考国内已有研究成果,介绍了商品化权领域中的"角色"、动漫角色与虚构角色的联系,即动漫角色是虚构角色三种类型中的一种以及美国对虚构角色的界定理论,深入讨论动漫角色的配音是否属于动漫角色、动漫角色与真实人物的界限、两个动漫角色界定的问题,并对美国、日本在动漫角色保护方面进行比较和分析。

The comic & cartoon in China have always been deemed as a dreadful works to be avoided at all costs for many years.But,the 21st century is the era where there is constantly cultural exchange and mix between the east and the west.Because of the backward in comic & cartoon industry,we can do nothing to the invasion of western culture.So,Chinese government proposed making great efforts in 'creative industry'.Through the research on protection for merchandising right in comic & cartoon characters,we can establish the legal protection system for the comic & cartoon characters,which will protect the whole comic & cartoon industry and is significant to the national strategy,developing 'creative industry'.In this paper,according to the current achievements available in the research,I use a lot domestic and abroad legal precedents and theories to introduce the definition in USA and Japan,to summarize the merchandising right in comic & cartoon characters and emphatically discuss the conception and the classification of characters.And I also do some comparative study and analysis of legal protection for comic and cartoon characters in USA and Japan.