Disney vows to take action against park
Walt Disney said it's prepared to take action to protect its intellectual property rights after performers dressed as Snow White and Captain America were sighted at Dalian Wanda Group Co's new theme park and entertainment complex in China. "We vigorously protect our intellectual property and will take action to address infringement," the company said in an e-mailed statement on Monday in response to Bloomberg News queries about the characters, who resembled the Disney ones, that were on display at Wanda's park over the weekend. "Our characters and stories have delighted generations, these illegal and substandard imitations unfortunately disappoint all who expect more." Billionaire Wang Jianlin on Saturday officially opened the Wanda City park in Nanchang, the first of his conglomerate's 15 planned theme park and entertainment projects in China that it hopes will help it unseat Disney as the world's largest tourism operator.
Just over a week ago, Wang publicly challenged the Burbank, California company, saying that Disney's "one tiger" - its Shanghai Disney Resort to open on 16 June - "is no match for a pack of wolves" that Wanda plans to unleash. The companies are vying for dominance of China's $610 billion tourism industry, which the government predicts will double by 2020 amid a growing middle class.
"The non-Wanda characters were operated by individual stores within Wanda Mall. They do not represent Wanda," Wanda said in an statement Sunday in response to Bloomberg's queries. The company declined to comment on Disney being prepared to protect its intellectual property.
Just over a week ago, Wang publicly challenged the Burbank, California company, saying that Disney's "one tiger" - its Shanghai Disney Resort to open on 16 June - "is no match for a pack of wolves" that Wanda plans to unleash. The companies are vying for dominance of China's $610 billion tourism industry, which the government predicts will double by 2020 amid a growing middle class.
"The non-Wanda characters were operated by individual stores within Wanda Mall. They do not represent Wanda," Wanda said in an statement Sunday in response to Bloomberg's queries. The company declined to comment on Disney being prepared to protect its intellectual property.
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