Creator of "Unofficial Bridgerton Musical" Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear Sued by Netflix Over Infringement

The creator of "Unofficial Bridgerton Musical", Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear have been sued by Netflix for copyright and trademark infringement. Barlow and Bear hosted a live performance of the Grammy award-winning musical album at The Kennedy Center in New York City and after this performance they faced the law suit. 

The lawsuit claims,

"Defendants Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear and their companies ("Barlow & Bear") have taken valuable intellectual property from the Netflix original series Bridgerton to build an international brand for themselves, Netflix owns the exclusive right to create Bridgerton songs, musicals, or any other derivative works based on Bridgerton. Barlow & Bear cannot take that right—made valuable by others' hard work—for themselves, without permission. Yet that is exactly what they have done."  
"liberally and nearly identically from Bridgerton across a number of original elements of expression including plot, pace, sequence of events, mood, setting, and themes."  
"such works were not authorized, At each step of the way, Barlow & Bear's representatives repeatedly assured Netflix that they understood Netflix's position and led Netflix to believe that Netflix would be consulted before Barlow & Bear took steps beyond streaming their album online in audio-only format."  
"Barlow & Bear's 'The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical' is not authorized by Netflix, Shondaland, or Julia Quinn, And Netflix has never given Barlow & Bear permission to create or perform 'The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical' live, let alone at the Kennedy Center or Royal Albert Hall, or to create new derivative works based on the Bridgerton intellectual property."  
"The Kennedy Center performance went forward over Netflix's objections on July 26, 2022, in front of a sold-out audience." 
"misrepresented to the audience that they were using Netflix's BRIDGERTON trademark ‘with Permission,'" 
"irreparable consumer confusion about whether their performances and merchandise are in fact authorized." 

Barlow and Bear won the "Best Musical Theater Album" award at the 2022 Grammys after their music album went viral on TikTok last year which was later released in September 2021.