Thread:Titanollante/@comment-25246220-20141012173750/@comment-25285745-20141012180853

I assume that because TriStar technically created all of those monsters, they have exclusive ownership of them. Zilla was originally legally Godzilla, who was created by Toho and therefore not owned at all by TriStar. Since Toho owns all rights to every version of Godzilla, they were able to legally rename and copyright the former 1998 design on Zilla without any interference from TriStar. TriStar technically created Zilla, but they never actually owned him like the other Godzilla: The Series monsters.