Trollstation, the controversial but wildly popular YouTube channel specialising in street pranks and social experiments, was taken offline after a trademark complaint.
The channel, which has 711,000 subscribers, was taken down on Tuesday night. A message on the channel simply read: "This account has been suspended due to a Trademark claim by a third party." The channel was then reinstated on Wednesday afternoon.
The Trollstation collective, based in south London, has risen to notoriety for its no-holds-barred stunts, which often involve staged arguments between its members in order to provoke a strong reaction from onlookers.
In March, co-founder Danh Van Le, aka Digidan, was jailed for nine months for organising a prank involving a fake suitcase bomb, while the group has been warned it could be shot by police if it continues with its more controversial antics.
Trollstation's CEO, Light, real name Endrit Ferizoli, told BuzzFeed News that the take-down came out of the blue and was unrelated to the channel's recent legal problems.
"Basically someone's trademarked our logo and made a trademark complaint," said Light. "I've had a look at the law and we own the [trademark] because we introduced it. This is like stealing a car, insuring it and saying 'it's my car'."
BuzzFeed News has learned that the group is the subject of a trademark and copyright dispute from former collaborator, who is claiming that the group used video footage of his without consent. A claim is being made in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court.
BuzzFeed News contacted YouTube for its reaction and hadn't received one by the time of publishing.