Troy Walker V. Nickelodeon Case Summary

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Case Study: Troy Walker v Viacom International Inc., Nickelodeon Studios, Inc., Paramount Studios, Inc., and Stephen Hillenburg, the creator and Executive Producer of SpongeBob SquarePants. Troy Walker alleges that Stephen Hillenburg's series SpongeBob SquarePants (SBSP) infringes the copyright of Troy Walker's comic strip, “Mr. Bob Spongee ‘The Unemployed Sponge.’”. (Walker v. Viacom International, Inc., et., al Defendants, 2008)

My case study is of an Intellectual Property Infringement case of SpongeBob SquarePants from 2008. I will outline in my case study the outcomes of the lawsuit.

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica (EB, 2016, n.p) Nickelodeon, is an American based cable television program, one of the top-rated networks in the history of cable television, and is a channel solely devoted to children’s entertainment. Nickelodeon began to introduce programming and television advertisements directly aimed at children, preteens and teens (EB, 2016, n.p).
One such animated children’s television
Also, Walker did not show ownership of his collectibles by keeping a physical sample and any documentation that could have assisted in his lawsuit. On the other hand, the defendants had submitted highly extensive and undisputed evidence of Hillenburg’s ownership and independent creation of “SpongeBob SquarePants”, further supporting the summary judgment in favour of the defendants. (Walker et al 2008) which was why I believe the judge ruled in their