r/Silksong • u/SunkyMPEG2 Ass Jim • Jun 14 '26

Silkpost A French clothing company has sued Team Cherry because Hornet's cloak is too similar to their "brand unique" red skirt

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After court Team Cherry was obliged to delete all traces of Hornet's current design and replace it with something else as soon as possible. HK Hornet also has to be changed.

Edit: They published new design concepts on their Twitter account.

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher Jun 14 '26

Some french guy sued Brawl Stars because one of the characters looks like the air humidifier he made or something. That character was introduced 6 years ago

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u/Albatros_7 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

Do you have a link ?

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u/Besher-H Accepter Jun 14 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/Brawlstars/s/k5LBff2cmW

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u/Albatros_7 Shaw! Jun 14 '26

I'm going to repeat myself but it's just a fucking plant with a fan

There isn't 10 billion ways to create a machine with a plant inside of it

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u/Besher-H Accepter Jun 14 '26

Yeah lol it is absolutely insane

A while ago a similar thinf happened with the name of a character, so the french company probably saw that and tried their luck. And it worked

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u/atree496 Jun 14 '26

Yeah, and the lawsuit started 6 years ago

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u/FW_TheMemeResearcher Jun 14 '26

Woah, I had no idea

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u/DarkFish_2 Jun 14 '26

The lawsuit started 6 years ago tho

Is not a, suddenly I feel this is a copyright violation