In 2008, several months before the release of DreamWorks' "Kung Fu Panda," Jayme Gordon caught a glimpse of the movie's trailer, which reminded him of "Panda Power."

"Panda Power," a cartoon concept created by Gordon in the 1990s, appeared to bear some resemblance to the characters and plotline of "Kung Fu Panda." However, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Patti B. Saris ruled in court that the resemblance did not warrant a false claim that DreamWorks stole the idea for "Kung Fu Panda" from "Panda Power."

In federal court Wednesday, Gordon, 51, of Randolph, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution to DreamWorks after falsely claiming the company stole his ideas and dragging them through a multi-year, multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Authorities say Gordon revised his "Panda Power" drawings and story after watching the 2008 trailer and renamed the concept "Kung Fu Panda Power."

"He made these revisions as part of his scheme so that his work would appear to be more similar to the DreamWorks pandas he had seen in the movie trailer," the U.S. District Attorney's Office of Massachusetts wrote in a statement.

In 2011, Gordon filed a copyright infringement suit against DreamWorks in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts and tried to get the company to settle the suit for $12 million, an offer which they declined.

Authorities say Gordon intentionally deleted relevant evidence on his computer, fabricated sketches and backdated several pieces of work to make his claim seem more legitimate.

Gordon's argument fell apart when it was revealed in court that some of his "Panda Power" drawings were actually traced from a Disney coloring book. Gordon had dated these particular sketches to 1992 or 1993, but the book had not been published until 1996.

Gordon agreed to drop the suit after DreamWorks discovered the tracings, but by this point, the company had already spent more than two years and approximately $3 million defending the suit.

At trial, authorities said Gordon testified that he did not trace his drawings from the Disney coloring book and that Disney had also copied his ideas. He went as far as to claim that DreamWorks and Disney had actually copied characters ideas for "The Incredibles," "A Bug's Life," "MegaMind" and "Flushed Away."

Gordon was later charged with four counts of wire fraud and three counts of perjury, which a jury found him guilty of in 2016.

In addition to his prison time and restitution, Gordon will have to serve three years of supervised release after prison.