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Brand side: Aardman Animations Limited and Wallace & Gromit Limited
Prosecution Type: Trademark
Law Firm: TME (TME Law, P.C.) – Chicago – Illinois – USA
| Prosecution time | Case number | Law firm | Brand | Brand side |
| 07/08/2025 | 25-cv-09364 | TME | Aardman Trademarks | Aardman Animations Limited and Wallace & Gromit Limited |
Brand Introduction:
Plaintiffs are private United Kingdom-based corporations having their principal places of business at Gas Ferry Road, Bristol BS1 6UN, United Kingdom. Plaintiffs are wholly owned subsidiaries of Aardman Holdings Limited. Plaintiffs own the trademarks and copyrights asserted in this action. Plaintiff Aardman Animations Limited, Plaintiff Wallace & Gromit Limited, and Aardman Holdings Limited are referred to herein together or individually as “Aardman.”
Founded in 1972, Aardman began with short, animated sketches for the BBC’s Vision On series. Today, Aardman is a world-renowned animation studio, known for its unique brand of “classic stop-motion style” of animation, with several feature films under its belt, including its production of Chicken Run in the year 2000. To date, Aardman has won four Oscars, including one for its October 2005 feature film Wallace & Gromit: the Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which also won a BAFTA for best British Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Aardman’s award-winning and innovative animation style and beloved characters, has made it one of the most accomplished animation studios to date. It has worked with Dreamworks, Sony, and was one of nine studios working with Disney on Star Wars: Visions Volume 2. Two of Aardman’s most iconic and celebrated properties are the subject of this action – Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.
Some of the characters and character names made famous by the Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep franchises include, but are not limited to:
The Aardman Trademarks are registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a non-exclusive list of which is included below.
| Registration Number | Trademark | Registration Date |
| 6,763,807 | AARDMAN | Jun. 21, 2022 |
| 2,969,005 | CREATURE COMFORTS |
Jul. 19, 2005 |
| 3,627,049 | SHAUN THE SHEEP | May 26, 2009 |
| 4,287,218 | TIMMY TIME | Feb. 12, 2013 |
| 5,926,457 | TIMMY TIME | Dec. 03, 2019 |
Registered but not limited:
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