It won’t put a smile on her notoriously pouty face but Grumpy Cat, the feline who became an internet meme and a hugely lucrative brand, has just won $710,000 in court. The dispute was sparked by a deal signed between Granade Beverage and Bundsen over the use of Grumpy Cat (real name Tardar Sauce) in a line of iced coffee drinks. But Bundsen’s company Grumpy Cat Ltd argued that the drinks firm had gone beyond its contract by using the cat’s face on a host of unauthorised products, including ground coffee. File photo from November 14, 2016, shows Grumpy Cat posing with her owner Tabatha Bundsen in New York. Grumpy Cat inadvertently went global in 2012 when Bundsen’s brother posted a picture on Reddit of the moggy sporting its now ubiquitous angry looking face - caused by a pronounced underbite.

Source: Hindustan Times January 25, 2018 10:30 UTC