Grumpy Cat Shows Her Claws in $700,000 Copyright Lawsuit
A California jury gave the furry frown queen more than $700,000 this week in a federal lawsuit over the use of her identity.
According to documents obtained by The Washington Post, owner Tabatha Bundesen of Morristown, Arizona, won the lawsuit first filed three years ago against the Grenade beverage company.
She signed on for the cat to endorse a “Grumpy Cat Grumpuccino,” but the company subsequently used the cat’s image to help sell other products, which an eight-person jury on Monday found was unauthorized.
Grumpy Cat, whose dwarfism and underbite give her the permanent frown she’s famous for, became an online phenomenon-turned-merchandising-machine after Bundesen first posted pictures of her in 2012.
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Don’t cross grumpy cat!!
Lol, Grump cat looks like some people i know in here.
Add that $700,000 to GC's (aka Tardar Sauce) $120 million makes her the richest kitty on earth. Not bad, not bad at all.