Paddington Bear Owner Denies Claim For Digital Royalties

By Eddie Beaver ( January 20, 2026, 2:35 PM GMT) -- The owner of the rights to Paddington Bear told a London court Tuesday that its modern royalty distribution deal formalized a gentlemen's agreement struck by the bear's creator in the 1970s and doesn't entitle another company to claim income from online merchandising....

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