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In the suit, filed in US district court in central California on Tuesday, Bengal Mangle Productions says that it created a screenplay, Acting School Academy in 2008 that featured a character named Charlie, “a teddy bear who lives in a human, adult world with all human friends. Charlie has a penchant for drinking, smoking, loose women, and is a generally vulgar yet humorous character.”
The screenplay was eventually turned into a web series that ran on YouTube, Facebook and other outlets, the suit says, drawing about 1.2 million viewers. (The complaint also says that Acting School Academy was spun off into a separate web series, Charlie the Abusive Teddy Bear.)
The lawsuit claims that the title character of Ted is so similar to Charlie as to constitute copyright infringement.
“Charlie and Ted possess the same physical attributes, including the general look and feel of each character,” the lawsuit reads.
The suit goes so far as to point out online posts from both characters that expounded on similar topics, such as Lindsay Lohan, defecation and Winnie the Pooh.
A spokeswoman for MacFarlane has not yet responded to a request for comment.
MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions, Media Rights Captial and Universal Pictures are also named in the suit.
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