Children’s animation series Wolfoo found guilty of copying Peppa Pig

A still from an episode of Wolfoo, including Mrs Wolf and Piggy. Photograph: Wolfoo Youtube

The corporate owners of Peppa Pig have won a copyright battle against the copycat animation Wolfoo after a judge ruled the latter had illegally used audio from the famous cartoon pig.

The US-headquartered entertainment company Hasbro, which owns the rights to Peppa Pig, sued SConnect – the Vietnamese makers of Wolfoo – for copyright infringement regarding videos which used short audio clips of Peppa and her family saying words such as “Hooray!”