Mr Rinkoff, who created, wrote and directed two series of Shambles which were released in 2013 and 2015, said producers working on LATMC “would have seen some or all” of his show and “obviously copied both the format and distinctive elements” of the sitcom.
At a hearing in November, Tim Sampson, on behalf of Mr Rinkoff, said in written submissions that Shambles was “freely available” to watch online and had been “shared widely on social media by individuals connected to the comedy scene”, including producers and writers associated with LATMC.
Joshua Rinkoff, also known as Harry Deansway, claimed Baby Cow Productions infringed his copyright by using elements of his sitcom Shambles in its 2022 series Live At The Moth Club (LATMC).
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She also said: “The claimant accepted that the combination of characters and plotlines needed a level of repetition or repeatability carried over coherently from episode to episode in order to establish a protectable format.