The owners of the Grumpy Cat brand, based around a cat with dwarfism and an underbite who perpetually looks grumpy, have successfully sued a company for £500,000 for unauthorised use of pictures of the animal.
Grumpy Cat Limited struck a deal with US coffee company Grenade, allowing it to sell its “Grumppuccino” iced coffee drink featuring a photograph of the cat.
The $150,000 (£105,171) deal, made in 2013, originally allowed Grenade Beverages to use the image but just on the iced drink range.
The company claimed this “blatantly infringed” their copyright.
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