On July 20, 2011, the Quebec Court of Appeal confirmed that the production company Cinar, Ronald A. Weinberg, the late Micheline Charest, Christophe Izard, France Animation, Ravensburger FILM +
TV Gmbh and RTV Family Entertainment AG did plagiarize Claude Robinson's ideas and work, and deprived him of his copyright on the television series Robinson Sucroë.