Copyright & IP ©
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As a starting point let's talk about the elephant in the room, we do know SpongeBob is a popular name and our art can be confused with it. To be sure we cannot be under no circumstances chased or be accused of copyright infringements, we did a deep dig, also contracting two copyright specialised lawyers that brought forward the Following.
Plaintiff Troy Walker has sued defendants Viacom International the owner and Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of television series on Nickelodeon called SpongeBob SquarePants, alleging that defendants' series infringes Plaintiff's copyright for his comic strip "Mr. Bob Spongee."
So there is this man who drew an anthropomorphized sponge few years before the SpongeBob appeared and tried to claim the idea, suing them for Copyrights saying they copied his work.
Here down you can find a snippet of the pronounced sentence of SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge responsible or the case No. C 06-4931 SI (N.D. Cal. May. 13, 2008) Walker v. Viacom International, Inc. detailing aspects differentiating the Sponges. Following the link you can read the full case.
Differences presented in the court are easily identifiable in our collection too. From the art itself, lines, eyes, mouth to even the Scenario and the universe we are shaping around our SpongeBored. A totally different world, action happening in the Metaverse. Covering this aspects WE DO NOT INFRINGE ANY COPYRIGHT
As soon as we saw that we do not infringe any Copyright, we are good to go and patent our concept. To write our own story and to ensure our Owners a safe place to put their Investments.
Legal actions into having our own Trademark are in process.
