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Delayed Cinar Suit Gets Day In Court

After 13 years of procedural delays, the lawsuit that author Claude Robinson filed against Cinar accusing them of plagiarizing his work has begun in the palace of justice of Montreal, according to LA PRESSE CANADIENNE.

Robinson claims that Cinar, its founders Ronald Weinberg and Micheline Charest, France Animation, the BBC and Ravensburger, a German game producer, illegally used the characters that he created.

Robinson claims the characters he created in the comic strip ROBINSON CURIOSITE were used in the cartoon ROBINSON SUCROE, a modern-day Robinson Crusoe story.

The petitioner, claiming several millions of dollars on the part of the defendants, purports to have proof his work was plagiarized and broadcasted in 88 countries. The suit also aims to reclaim all rights for Robinson.

Cinar, disbanded under several prominent scandals, was reformed as Cookie Jar Ent. in 2004 with the company's purchase by Nelvana founder Michael Hirsh.