List of Ricky Gervais Intellectual Property Violations

 

 

Original Work



Gervais

Submitted manuscript 2017, Pre-action litigation initiated.

 Afterlife, 2019

Pilot: The Extra, Adam Wells, Darren Ashton, 1999

 Extras, 2005

Children’s book: Captain Pottie’s Wildlife Encyclopaedia, John Savage. 2000. 

Legal challenge stalled due to funding.

 

 Flanimals, 2004

The Office, The Day Today, Armando Ianucci, Chris Morris, BBC2 1994

 The Office, 2001

Book Title: David Thorne The Internet is a Playground
 

 Article title: The Internet is My Playground, Huffington Post

Jokes: Stewart Lee.
See Plagiarist’s Corner

 

 Various stand-up routines. Specific Lee Jokes 

 

Above are known examples at this stage. See here for details.

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