"Wolf Warrior 2" was released on July 27, 2017. The box office has now reached 5 billion, setting a new record for the highest box office of a Chinese-language film.

However, while being a great success at the box office and commercially, "Wolf Warrior 2" has also been involved in intellectual property disputes. Although the box office has gone straight to 5 billion, the cost of intellectual property disputes has become more and more expensive. The price is getting higher and higher, and the trademark rights have not yet been obtained. I have to say that it is indeed a worrying matter.

"Wolf Warrior II" is involved in intellectual property disputes

With the popularity of "Wolf Warrior 2", "Wolf Warrior" has become a super IP, attracting attention from all parties. Incidents such as being sued by former investors and blocked trademark registration have also brought the issue of intellectual property disputes into the public eye.

Everyone who has watched "Wolf Warrior" and "Wolf Warrior 2" knows: "Wolf Warrior 2" is based on the story ending and character relationship of "Wolf Warrior", through the story clues and characters. The relationship is formed through the recreation of photography.

"Wolf Warrior" was filmed by Dengfeng International, the Television Art Center of the Political Department of the Nanjing Military Region and the original Spring and Autumn Period. The three parties agreed in the agreement that all rights to the name of the movie "Wolf Warrior" It is exclusively owned by Dengfeng International (a company owned by Wu Jing), while Wuhan Legend is a secondary investor introduced later. It only enjoys the authorship rights and investment income rights of "Wolf Warrior" and has no right to interfere with the subsequent films of "Wolf Warrior" Filming and use of the title "Wolf Warrior".

Wuhan Legend Company, one of the investors of "Wolf Warrior", believes that Dengfeng International, one of the producers of "Wolf Warrior 2", has not obtained the adaptation rights and business card usage rights granted by itself. , adapted and filmed "Wolf Warrior", which was an infringement. It filed a lawsuit against Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communication Co., Ltd., demanding compensation of 10 million yuan in damages. At the same time, Legend Company requested the court to order a ban on "Wolf Warrior 2".

The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was "burning bridges by crossing the river", and the defendant firmly denied the infringement issue. Dengfeng Company stated that it has never signed any agreement with Legend Company and has never transferred the film copyright to it. The copyright of the movie "Wolf Warrior" should be exclusively enjoyed by Dengfeng Company.

The People's Court of Haidian District, Beijing has accepted this case and the case is still being processed.

Wu Jing has a strong awareness of intellectual property rights but is hard to guard against.

After reviewing the information, I found that Wu Jing is actually a person with a very strong awareness of intellectual property rights.

Wu Jing has successively applied for trademark copyrights related to Wolf Warriors since 2014. The application records include the Wolf Warriors’ LOGO, Wu Jing’s signature, and the Wolf Warriors squadron’s team emblem, etc. For patterns and text, *** applied for 14 copyrights and 57 trademarks. However, the current trademark application process has encountered obstacles, and some trademarks are still pending review. Among them, Wolf Warrior's Chinese trademark application has been repeatedly rejected, laying hidden dangers for its future commercial development of derivatives.

"Wolf Warrior" was released in April 2015. As early as July 2014, Wu Jing registered the work "Wolf Warrior Squadron Armband" as the copyright holder;

In July 2015, In August, the written works of "Wolf Warrior 2" and "Wolf Warrior 3: Doomsday Slaughter" have been registered (suspected scripts);

Over the past three years, Wu Jing has successively registered written works and art works 14 items, including film and television derivatives - mainly art works "Wolf Warrior Spreads Wings", "Those who offend China will be punished no matter how far away they are", "Wolf Warrior Spreads Wings", "Wolf Warrior Shield", "Wolf Warrior Watch", "Wolf Warrior" Wolf Head", "Wolf Tooth Pendant", etc.

Beijing Dengfeng International Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. has no natural person shareholders, but the only shareholder who accounts for 90% of the majority shareholder is natural person Wu Jing, so Wu Jing is the actual controller: Beijing Dengfeng International Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. In May 2014, we applied to register the trademark "Special Forces Wolf Warrior". The categories to apply for are: Category 35, Category 38, Category 41, Category 42, etc. However, the trademark was not successfully registered.

Beijing Dengfeng International Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. also applied to register the "Wolf Warrior" trademark in May 2016. Applied to multiple categories but was rejected.

In addition, many types of "Wolf Warrior" derivatives also have a certain market value. Even Wu Jing's autograph was imitated by fans and applied for registration of a trademark.

In short, it is not easy for Wu Jing to carefully make a film that the audience feels good about, and it is also not easy to protect the intellectual property rights behind the success of the "Wolf Warrior" series.

Enhancing the layout and awareness of rights protection in terms of intellectual property rights, completing patent applications and property rights layout in advance are issues that film and television companies need to pay attention to, so as to avoid opportunities coming, IP becoming popular, box office booming, but the wealth flowing to outsiders. field.