A Chinese company registers the brand "Ahegao" and now demands royalties for its use

The founder of the western Japanese erotic manga distribution company, FAKKU !, pointed out that several of the company's popular products that are sold with the word “ahegao” in the title, have fallen victim to a rather “troll” move of China.



Jacob Grady explained that they will be fighting this "stupidity" of copyright, while sales of official merchandise still remain. His full message states: “A Chinese company called Shenzhen Guangcai has registered the“ Ahegao ”brand as its own while using stolen art and trying to stop FAKKU from selling its own official merchandise. We are going to fight that, so please don't buy those pirated items. "

A Chinese company named Shenzhen Guangcai Trading has trademarked the word "Ahegao" while using STOLEN ARTWORK and is trying to get @FAKKU to stop selling the ONLY 100% official merch

We are going to fight it. But please stop buying bootleg items. Legit versions in the replies👇 pic.twitter.com/UYc6csxKXS

— Jacob (@largehotcoffee) July 24, 2020

It should be noted that several online stores and physical stores, especially those that are installed at anime conventions, have sold merchandise with the theme "ahegao" for several years now.

In order to display this peculiar art more officially, FAKKU partnered with the popular artist Asanagi, who is recognized for the constant use of "ahegao" in his works.

Source: Official Twitter Account

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