Thus, Nyan Cat is entitled to statutory damages, enhancement thereof, and attorneys' fees and costs." However, he says: "Nyan Cat first appeared in Scribblenauts Unlimited in 2012, a year after Nyan Cat's copyright registration date. Warner Brothers may have a little wriggle room when it comes to Keyboard Cat, according to IP lawyer Milord Keshishian, as copyright wasn't registered until after the first version of Scribblenauts was released. "Yet, for the last three years, WB, along with game developer 5th, have knowingly and intentionally infringed plaintiffs' copyrights and trademarks by using 'Nyan Cat' and Fatso's image in WB's top selling 'Scribblenauts' games, including, most recently, 'Scribblenauts Unlimited', which WB released in 2011'." "Unlike WB and 5th, many other companies, respecting plaintiffs' intellectual property rights, regularly pay substantial license fees to use plaintiffs' memes," reads the complaint.
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