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Dispute Continues over Copyright Ownership of Japanese Animation Figures.

Bangkok Post (Bangkok, Thailand)

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Nov. 1--Pro Link Co, the licensee for merchandising in Thailand of five new Ultraman characters from Tokyo-based Tsuburaya Productions, yesterday filed a complaint with the police charging Sompote Saengduenchai of falsely claiming copyright ownership one of the latest Japanese animation figures.

The firm said Mr Sompote, the owner of Tsuburaya Chaiyo Co (unconnected to the production house), claimed to own the Ultraman Cosmos through an advertisement in a local Thai-language newspaper.

Sompote Thianthong, managing director of Pro Link Co, said Mr Sompote's action was intended to damage the business of Tsuburaya Productions.

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