Seth MacFarlane is a polarizing character – you either love his brand of comedy, or you hate it. Now, it turns out there’s a chance MacFarlane could go from “polarizing comic” to “plagiarist:” A Los Angeles production group is alleging in a lawsuit that MacFarlane’s Ted was ripped from a character they created in 2008 for a web series called Acting School Academy.

In Ted, the eponymous main character is an anthropomorphic teddy bear who lives in a reality otherwise identical to our own. He can talk, has human friends, and is known primarily for his vulgar language and lifestyle. On the other hand, the character Charlie from Acting School Academy… is an anthropomorphic teddy bear who lives in a reality otherwise identical to our own. He can talk, has human friends, and is known primarily for his vulgar language and lifestyle. The creators allege MacFarlane and co. took the idea for Ted from Charlie.

The suit says that the Ted “is strikingly similar to plaintiffs’ Charlie character,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Acting School Academy became a web series that was shown on YouTube, Facebook, iTunes, FunnyOrDie.com, Vimeo.com and elsewhere. It got at least 1.2 million views between July 2009 and June 2012, according to the complaint. Ted was released June 29, 2012 and grossed $550 million worldwide.

The suit, for copyright infringement names both MacFarlane and his company Fuzzy Door Productions as defendants.