This case is right out of the movies. A man that dropped his lawsuit over Kung Fu Panda after the discovery that he faked copyright registrations is now facing criminal charges for his fabrication of evidence.

In 2011, Jayme Gordon sued Dreamworks, the movie studio behind the wildly successful Kung Fu Panda movie and its now two sequels, for copyright infringement. Gordon claimed that during during the 1980s and 1990s, he created a pair of characters under the name “Panda Power” that were substantially similar to characters in Dreamworks 2008 movie, Kung Fu Panda. From looking at the evidence, Gordon seemed to have one heck of a case since the drawings look so similar. But, this evidence turned out to be totally false.

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In 2013, Dreamworks discovered that Gordon traced a *Lion King* coloring book to create the copyright registrations. Gordon saw a trailer for *Kung Fu Panda* and revised his drawings and story for “Panda Power” to make the works seem more similar. Also, Gordon had sketches dated in 1993 and 1995 but were based on the 1996 *Lion King* coloring book. So unless he had a time traveling machine, these documents all have fake dates. Gordon dropped his case after the discovery of the faux evidence but not after Dreamworks was hit with over $3 million in attorneys’ fees in defending the case.The United States Attorney in Boston filed charges against Gordon for wire fraud and perjury. Prosecutors allege not only the above frauds but also that Gordon deleted evidence from his computer that should have been produced during the trial and that he lied during his depositions about creation of the works in question. Yesterday, Gordon was arrested and appeared in Federal Court. *Kung Fu Panda 3* is set to be released in January 2016; no time table has been set for when Gordon will be released from prison if he is convicted.