Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 298 University Meeting
"This is KBS Kyoto TV, the news broadcast."

The female announcer was dressed in a light blue dress, sitting behind the stage in the live broadcast room, holding a manuscript in her hand, moving her eyes down from time to time, checking repeatedly to avoid mispronouncing this extremely important press release, Her voice sounded:
"The latest news, our reporter learned that the Sakyo-ku District Court in Kyoto Prefecture issued an injunction before a copyright infringement lawsuit. The object of the injunction is the "East Land Parade and Sent Tang Ji", which has recently aroused heated discussions in the Sinology circle. It will be sent to the port of Osaka The [-] volumes of overseas books have been seized by local judicial authorities on the spot.”

"Our reporter rushed to the Sakyo District District Court to learn that the copyright infringement dispute was filed by Yoshihiko Shimogawa, an associate professor of Kyoto University, against Professor Fujimura Kayo, Kyoto University, and Kyoto University Press. Among them, Professor Fujimura is the Kyoto University Humanities Dean of the Graduate School."

"Professor Shimogawa's accusation is that Professor Fujimura plagiarized the results of his collation of this ancient book." The eyes of the female announcer continued to sweep down, but after reading the content of the press release below, she seemed to be unable to control her surprise Emotion, so that the eyelashes trembled slightly.

"That is to say... the content of the plagiarism that Professor Shimokawa is accusing is the punctuation marks for punctuating sentences in this ancient book." The female announcer raised her head.

After controlling his inner emotions, the news anchor returned to normal, and continued: "An anonymous person inside Kyoto University revealed to this station that no matter whether the plagiarism accusation is legally established or not, it will have a huge impact. Shake the prestige of Kyoto University and Kyoto University Publishing House in the academic circle. It is also worth noting that the attorney representing Professor Shimogawa this time is Yoshiichi Kitahara, a lawyer from Eto Law Firm in Tokyo. He was involved in the previous Kawamoto Expressway case In the case of bearing pillars in General Hotel and General Hotel, we have successfully represented the plaintiff in obtaining high compensation from the listed company.”

A famous professor of Sinology at Kyoto University was accused of plagiarism, which was a huge scandal, and the news quickly spread to all parts of the country like snowflakes.At this moment, it coincides with the time of the second entrance examination of the universities in the East Ocean University Entrance Examination, which attracts the attention of countless eyes.The highest institution in the Kansai region of the East was caught in a huge wave of public opinion in an instant
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Kyoto University, meeting room.

An oval-shaped conference table was filled with more than 20 people, all of whom were dignitaries from various departments of the university.There were school directors, school council members, the chairman of the Academic Ethics Committee, the director of the International Liaison Department, and representatives who rushed over from Peking University Press, as well as many professors from the Law Department who came to attend.

"I am absolutely innocent." Fujimura took the lead in saying in a depressing atmosphere, "Please trust me with the university. After the other party filed a disciplinary hearing, they did not proceed to the next step. It is intentional to file a lawsuit now. To embarrass the university."

A tall and thin man next to him shook his head and sighed.He is Nobuhiro Tanimura, the president of Kyoto University Press.Tanimura complained: "The current incident has severely damaged the reputation of the publishing house. It was originally expected that about 160 academic works will be published in the first half of this year. At present, scholars with more than 110 works have sent us emails He said that he would withdraw his publication at Kyoto University. Many of the publication invitations we sent out were directly yellowed.”

From the window of the conference room, the sound of cold wind blowing gravel and slapping on the window could be heard from time to time.

The swaying tree shadow outside was grabbing and shaking the room like a devil's claw.

"And..." Tanimura added: "Right now, the scope of the court's injunction is too large. When "The Journey to the Tang Dynasty in the East" was first published, almost every university library in the East had purchased it. Now, the published Many libraries and research institutions have stated that they will implement stricter procurement approvals for academic works from Peking University Press.”

"In short... In short, our current publishing house has fallen into a heavy siege." Tanimura frowned, with an increasingly distressed expression on his face.

A school director said: "Right now, the work of the university is under the overall planning of Vice President Takeuchi, and it is steadily developing. At this critical juncture, we must not cause trouble for the development of the university. We must take the impact of this incident on the reputation of the university into consideration. , to a minimum."

"Professors of the Faculty of Law, I would like to ask you. Whether this so-called plagiarism incident can be established. What is the proper response plan for its negative impact on the university?"

Utsunomiya, who was sitting on the side, said: "This incident is very obvious, it is a clear-cut blackmail lawsuit. From my professional judgment, the coincidence of punctuation in ancient books does not constitute the so-called copyright infringement. Especially considering Yoshiichi Kitahara, the attorney hired by Shimogawa this time."

"From the information I have so far, it seems that Jiangto Law Firm, where the acting lawyer works, is in a debt crisis of [-] million yen due to the former director's negligence incident. And this Kitahara has been attacking him in the past year. listed companies in order to seek large compensations. This intentional lawsuit against the prestigious Kyoto University is mostly for the sake of fame.”

"And..." Utsunomiya paused for a while, "According to the information I got before, this Beiyuan lawyer was taken into criminal detention by the Kyoto police. However, for some unknown reason, he was changed to bail pending trial and released temporarily. come out."

As soon as Utsunomiya's words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

Some people present at the meeting couldn't help talking.

"Criminal?! Shimogawa hired a criminal as his lawyer."

"It seems that they are really the same raccoon dog!"

"Shame! It's a disgrace to the university! Our university hired someone like Shimogawa!"

"It's really impossible to escape the blackmail lawsuit now!"

"Xiachuan is already shameless."

"This is simply a provocation to the university, we must severely punish Xiachuan!"

Hiring a person suspected of a crime as a lawyer really shocked many people present.It's already obvious that no matter what, we must tear ourselves apart from the university and fight to the end.The elegant manners among literati have been completely abandoned.Hearing the information provided by Utsunomiya's opposing lawyer, some of the more tempered management have already opened their mouths to demand the most severe response to Shimogawa's lawsuit.

The school director who spoke just now thought for a while, and said: "Professor Utsunomiya, since the other party has hired such a vicious person to blackmail our university. Apart from properly responding in the lawsuit, can we have other means to fight back. Not just defending, but counterattacking."

(End of this chapter)