The popular American pop-rock band is being sued by the Furry Puppet Studio Inc, for using the puppets it created for the band, in various ways outside of the licence agreement.
In 2017, the Fury Puppet Studio Inc authorised Fall Out Boy to use the llama puppets it created for the band’s ‘Young And Menace’ music video. However, the Furry Puppet Studio Inc, claim that the American band have started using the llama puppets in their live shows, creating merchandise based on the puppets, creating emojis of the puppets and making claims of being co-creators of the puppets.
The Fury Puppet Studio Inc have brought a lawsuit against Fall Out Boy, as they argue that through the above actions, the American band acted outside of the licence agreement. Furthermore, the Fury Puppet Studio Inc felt that it could not have conceived of the band conducting itself as the owners of the puppets, when it granted the licence to the band. Consequently, we can all learn to not fall foul of the terms of licence agreements.
The Furry Puppet Studio Inc is being represented by Francis Malofiy.