Abstract: The judgments of the Autobots case clarified the infringement facts of the animation involved, which the application of law is correct. The dispute caused by this case could be interpreted into two aspects. On the surface, the relevant dispute reflects that plagiarism is the core of the predicament of rights defending of the intellectual property right. In the essence, however, the dispute reflects that the people, including both the partiesand the society, were lack of rational respect of intellectual property rights.This incident fully demonstrates that the rational respect of intellectual property rights should be concerned during the development of the animation industry. The government should actively guide the society and the industry to understand and accept the sense of rational respect for intellectual property rights through effective methods, such as publicity, education, enforcement and the establishment of relevant public platforms in the society.