Dragons - Evans v John Lewis Plc
Author Friedrich-Johann-Justin-Bertuch Jane Lambert Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (HH Judge Melissa Clarke) Evans v John Lewis Plc and anothe r [2023] EWHC 766 (IPEC) (3 April 2023) This was another copyright case that turned on whether copying could be proved. The claimant was the self-published author of a children's book about a young dragon who could not help emitting fire. She claimed that a substantial part of her work had been copied in an advertising film that had been made by the second defendant for the retailer John Lewis Plc at Christmas 2019. That film featured another fire-emitting young dragon and was accompanied by a spin-off children's book called Excitable Edgar . The claimant sued for copyright infringement. The creators of the film counterclaimed for a declaration of non-infringement and a publicity order. The action and counterclaim came on for trial before Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke on 30 and 31 Jan 20...