"We fluffing love Sesame Street and we’re obviously very pleased that the ruling reinforced what STX’s intention was from the very beginning — to honor the heritage of The Jim Henson Company’s previous award-winning creations..."

"... while drawing a clear distinction between any Muppets or Sesame Street characters and the new world Brian Henson and team created. We believe we accomplished that with the very straightforward NO SESAME, ALL STREET tagline. We look forward to continued happytimes as we prepare to release Happytime Murders this summer."

That's Fred, Esq., a puppet, supposedly speaking on behalf of STX and quoted in "STX Beats Lawsuit Over ‘Happytime Murders’ Trailer With ‘Ejaculating Puppets.'"

I wrote about the "Happytime Murders" lawsuit a few days ago and gave it my "lawsuits I hope will fail" tag, so I'm glad to see the judge boot this thing out of court so quickly.

The judge was Vernon Broderick, and The Daily News summarizes the opinion:

He said the "No Sesame" tagline was a "humorous, pithy way" of letting viewers know "The Happytime Murders" was not Sesame Street.

During nearly two hours of arguments before he read his decision, attorneys for Sesame Street sought to link their trademark case to an earlier one involving the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders and the famous 1978 porn flick, "Debbie Does Dallas."

"Debbie Does Dallas was a pornographic movie. There's no question," Broderick said. "This is an R-rated movie. There's a distinction."

Broderick was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President Obama. Nice work!