The second creation “ゆっくり Tea Fan Drama”, which is an extension of the “Oriental Project” series created by the fan club “Shanghai Alice Magic Band”, has recently been registered trademark rights by Japanese YouTuber “Yuzuha” and requires 110,000 yuan per year. Trademark royalties have thus aroused much discussion.
From the official channel of Oriental ダンマクカグラ
“ゆっくり Chafan Drama” was originally a secondary creation category that was further extended from the “Touhou Project” series. With the familiar characters such as Reimu and Marisa, they are transformed into Q version of the big head portrait, and all kinds of videos are born with the electronic synthesis sound of the good reading.
In addition to many creations that can be seen in Niconico, there are also many creations using this mode on YouTube, and the label “ゆっくり” originally indicated the use of “AquesTalk” or “Bang読みちゃん” for live game or production of commentary videos part.
However, just recently, a Japanese YouTuber named “Yuzuha” said that he recently obtained the trademark license of “ゆっくり Chafan Drama”. A usage fee of 110,000 yen (excluding tax). But Yu Ye himself is not a related person of Shanghai Alice Magic Orchestra or Niconico, so it also attracted the attention of ZUN and Dwango COO, who said they would consult professional legal advice.
In addition, “Coyu.Live”, the company to which you belonged, also issued a statement stating that they believed that Yuye’s behavior had violated the company’s rules and gave a warning. If the situation is not improved in the future, the contract will be further terminated, and the trademark applicant will be applied for. Hai Patent Office also issued an apology statement and stated that they received blasting threats from netizens.
But until the moment before the post, Yu Ye was still arguing with people on his personal Twitter, and said that the so-called “ゆっくり Tea Fan Drama” category does not simply use oriental characters with synthetic voices to make videos, but generally refers to the use of synthetic voices to make films of various films, so it has nothing to do with the trademark use of Touhou Project and other companies. In addition, the similar categories of “ゆっくり実実” and “ゆっくり commentary” will not be affected by this trademark.