Finding Nemo IP suit
Thesis Note:
French author Franck Le Calvez is suing Pixar for stealing his small, clownfish children's-book hero. He claims that Finding Nemo is too similar to his 1995 book Pierrot the Poisson Clown.
(Via metamorphosmism. Mig's entries are always much funnier than mine.)
Update 3/15/04: French Judge: Nemo Not Pierrot