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Disney Files Lawsuit Against Phase 4 Films for ‘Frozen’ Knock-off

Alissa Roy by Alissa Roy
January 8, 2014
in Disney, Studios, The Latest Animation News
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Disney Files Lawsuit Against Phase 4 Films for ‘Frozen’ Knock-off

Phase 4 Films is a Canadian-based animated film distributor that is known for features such as Kiara the Brave and Life’s a Jungle: Africa’s Most Wanted (hmm… these names seem familiar from somewhere else- perhaps other big studio’s blockbuster movie titles?)

Most recently, Phase 4 has distributed a film called Frozen Land, a movie that is now creating a lot of problems for them.

On December 20th, Disney filed a lawsuit against the company due to trademark infringement and false advertising, the full complaint of which can be seen here.

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Which logo is which?

Frozen Land was originally titled The Legend of Sarila and was released earlier in 2013 by a French-Canadian company. However, when Phase 4 picked the film up for distribution, the name, logo, and complete brand were drastically changed, allegedly in order to jump on the success of Frozen and trick some poor, innocent souls into accidentally purchasing the wrong movie on DVD.

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Before and after the release of Frozen. Notice any changes?

Disney is asking Phase 4 to stop using the Frozen Land logo as it is nearly identical to Frozen’s branding. They also want Phase 4 to destroy all of the Frozen Land DVD’s and pay for various damages and costs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp_1-hnzlpE

To see other mock busters, check out this link.

What do you think of the whole Frozen Land scandal? Does Phase 4 deserve to be sued? 

Tags: frozenfrozen landphase 4
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Alissa Roy

Alissa Roy

Alissa is a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, studying Media Arts & Technology. Her hometown is in the Middle-of-Nowhere, NY, where winter is approximately 6 months of the year. She is extremely nerdy, and loves all things animated, literary, or Harry Potter related. Her older sister spawned her love of animation by dragging her downstairs at 2 a.m. every morning and making her watch various films until their parents took them back to bed. Some of her all-time favorite films include Mulan, The LEGO Movie, Up, Tangled, and The Lion King. She also collects old Peanuts comic strips, and spends her free time reading, writing for the Rotoscopers, and working a variety of jobs. You can follow Alissa on Instagram and Twitter: @ThisAlissa. See her work here.

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