Bagdasarian Productions has been involved in numerous lawsuits, a few are located below: Bagdasarian Productions sued for a payment of $100 million as a result of a breach-of-contract. It was alleged that Universal failed to "fulfill its promise to put The Chipmunks in motion pictures, videos and theme parks and on television." Additionally, Bagdasarian Productions claimed that the entertainment company never intended to honor the agreement to actively promote the characters as the company was secretly planning to dismantle its family entertainment and animation arms. Bagdasarian Productions won their suit and regained control of the Alvin and the Chipmunks characters in 2002.