Overview

• StudioCanal and the Michael Bond estate have filed a UK High Court complaint against Avalon, alleging copyright and design‑right infringement.
• Court papers do not set out detailed particulars of the claim, and both StudioCanal and Avalon have declined to comment.
• The contested Spitting Image: The Rest Is Bulls*!t sketch features a Paddington-like puppet using explicit language and boasting of “100% Peruvian… catastrophic cocaine.”
• The video has drawn more than 500,000 views on YouTube, with the series surpassing 10 million views on the platform and around 60 million across social media.
• A legal source has said the claimants are seeking damages and an injunction to curb distribution of the sketch online, a point not confirmed in court filings.