Management
Ben Lashes is Grumpy Cat's manager who also represents Keyboard Cat and Nyan Cat. Tabatha took a leave of absence from her day job at Red Lobster to manage Grumpy Cat's schedule and Bryan manages her website, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, "Grumpy Cat Inc. Corp. Ohio" applied to trademark "Grumpy Cat" and an image of her at the end of January 2013. Licensed merchandise like t-shirts and mugs are advertised on the website and sold at Hot Topic. Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book will be released October 15, 2013 by Chronicle Books. Plush toys are in the works. Bryan said that by March 2013 they earned "mid-five figures" and "low-six-figure" by May 2013. Grenade Beverage LLC will make Grumpy Cat beverages.
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