Italian court affirms merits of plagiarism suit filed by creator of Western Kentucky's Big Red

ESPN ^ | 6/6/2018 | Darren Rovell

[WKUHilltopper]

A 15-year-long court case was given new life on Wednesday when the highest court in Italy published its decision affirming the merits of a plagiarism suit brought by the inventor of Western Kentucky's mascot against a large Italian media company.

Western Kentucky and companies that had bought the school's international merchandise licenses originally sued Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset and Antonio Ricci, the creator of a similar-looking character named Gabibbo, for $250 million in 2003. When the school didn't prevail, the case was refiled by the parties with Ralph Carey, who created Western Kentucky's Big Red character in 1979.

[WKUHilltopper]

Hopefully WKU is looking at a new, future football stadium expansion.

[BenLurkin]

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Because we all know that people in Bowling Green can't tell whether the mascot it Big Red or some Italian meatball named Gabibbo.
 

[VanShuyten]

I’ve seen the photos at the link.

Neither side should be fighting to claim that.

[Bartholomew Roberts]

My fraternity Big Brother, Mark Greer, was the very first Big Red at WKU!