List of Ricky Gervais Intellectual Property Violations

 

 

Original Work



Gervais

Submitted manuscript: Good Grief, Ben Russell 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: David Thorne The Internet is a Playground, 2010

 Article title & content: The Internet is My Playground, Huffington Post 2013

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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