Case No. IP-2021-000111

”). FFD was not identified in the course of this initial search. They attach as Annex 1 to the Defence details of other published children’s books which: i)show children becoming friends with a dragon (‘Raising Dragons’ (2002); ‘Guess what I found in Dragon Wood’ (2007); ‘Dom’s Dragon’ (2013); ‘Lynnie and the Gentle Dragon’ (2017));ii)involve dragons being unable to control their fire (‘The Fire-Sneezing Dragon’ (2003); ‘Willard the Dragon Sneeze’ (2016); ‘Duncan the Story Dragon’ (2017)); iii)show a dragon burning, melting and setting fire to things (school goalposts and other things in ‘Guess what I found in Dragon Wood’; trees in a forest and grass in ‘The Fire Sneezing Dragon’; a snow fort and a frozen lake in ‘Willard the Dragon Sneeze Fire’; a book in ‘Duncan the Story Dragon’); andiv)result in the dragon’s fire being put to good use (becoming the official fire-starter for a castle cook in ‘The Fire Sneezing Dragon’; cooking and heating food in ‘Dom’s Dragon’; lighting a firecracker to everyone’s joy in ‘Willard the Dragon Sneeze Fire’).32.At Annex II to the Defence, the Defendants respond to the allegations made in the particulars of claim and Schedule A and B to the particulars of claim that specific elements have been copied.33.The Defendants in their Counterclaim seek a declaration of non-infringement and a publicity order, alleging that the Claimant has publicised this case, and timed that publicity to coincide with the launch of JLP’s 2020 and 2021 Christmas Adverts (and since the Defence, the 2022 Christmas Advert), for maximum impact.