Squishmallows line the shelves of a store. Now, the company is seeking unspecified damages and wants Build-A-Bear to stop selling Skoosherz products. But Build-A-Bear filed its own lawsuit ...

Kelly Toys and its Berkshire Hathaway-controlled parent company Jazwares have sued Build-A-Bear, saying its new Skoosherz toys copy the look and feel of their mega-popular Squishmallows products.

At the heart of the battle is whether there are protectable nonfunctional elements in Kelly Toys' Squishmallows such that Build-A-Bear's use of similar elements in its Skoosherz constitutes trade ...

Build-A-Bear is embroiled in a legal battle with the creators of Squishmallows over its Skoosherz plushes. Build-A-Bear requested it be sent one of every Squishmallow design, so more than 3,000 ...

For Kelly Toys, the problem is that Skoosherz look too much like its Squishmallows. To that, Build-A-Bear responded: You can’t trademark cute animals! Squishmallow culture has been covered in ...

In 2023, Squishmallows were the top-selling toy in the country, according to market research firm Circana. The complaint claims the Skoosherz plush toys have all the same distinct characteristics ...

The owners of Squishmallows, the popular egg-shaped stuffed animals, filed an intellectual property lawsuit against Build-A-Bear on Monday, claiming its new “Skoosherz” line is a knock-off ...

The judge cited online accounts associated with Build-A-Bear where users posted comments such as "so now ur making squishmallows?" and "Cmon plagiarism" when discussing Skoosherz. "This case is ...

"Build-A-Bear has been trying to trick customers looking for Squishmallows into buying its own Skoosherz instead," Jazware's complaint claims. Jazware's attorney, Moez Kaba, told USA Today that ...

Kelly Toys and its Berkshire Hathaway-controlled parent company Jazwares have sued Build-A-Bear, saying its new “Skoosherz” toys copy the look and feel of their mega-popular Squishmallows ...