"I Don't Have SpongeBob. I Have SquishyGuy."

David Card | July 22, 2008, 08:47 AM

Guess who's side I'm on in this one? That's not a mashup, or commentary, it's thievery ;->

Sue the b@stards!

Leslie Ann Hooker, a Fort Lauderdale costume-company owner, thought she had found a way to run her business without running into trouble. "I try to make my costumes look 40% different," she said early this month, adding that she didn't explicitly offer trademarked characters: "I don't have SpongeBob. I have SquishyGuy."