當角色授權遇到詐欺犯──從最高法院110 年度台上字第584 號民事判決談起

When a Character Licensor Meets a Fraudulent Licensee: A Case Study of Supreme Court Year 110 Tai-Shang-Zi No. 584 Civil Judgment

最高法院110年度台上字第584號民事判決涉及知名的日本角色代理商三麗鷗股份有限公司（稱「三麗鷗」）和日出印象國際股份有限公司（稱「日出印象」）之展覽授權糾紛。本文透過其他司法案件的判決內容與相關新聞資訊，發現三麗鷗應是遇到有詐欺歷史或商譽不佳的被授權人。從本案之經驗，角色授權人必須設立相關機制，以預防不幸與該類被授權人進入合作關係，或以於違約發生時有效處理授權商品的善後工作。具體建議有三點，包括商譽相關資訊的揭露、「授權標籤貼紙」上銷售限制之記載、及明確約定被授權方交付相關物件以銷毀。

Supreme Court Year 110 Tai-Shang-Zi No. 584 Civil Judgment involves a licensing dispute concerning an exhibition of Hello Kitty, a famous character managed by Sanrio Co., Ltd. This article is intended to use other court decisions and news reports to interpret the dispute as a case that Sanrio was confronted with a licensee with a fraudulent background or bad reputation. This paper further explains what a character licensor may learn from this incident. A character licensor should establish a mechanism to prevent itself from entering into a cooperation relationship with such a fraudulent licensee. There must also be a mechanism to properly end the relationship when the parties’ licensing contract is breached. Three specific suggestions are proposed:(1)requesting full disclosure of a licensee’s business reputation;(2)placing a sales limit on license mark tabs;(3)requiring in a contractual clause that upon a licensor’s request a licensee must deliver unsold items to the licensor for destruciton.