Hasbro prevails in decades-long ‘Game of Life’ dispute
Toymaker Hasbro has secured the copyright to a board game in the latest chapter of a long-running dispute with its creators after a US court ruled that it was designed as a “work for hire”.
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3 September 2015 A presenter on US television channel Fox News has sued toy maker Hasbro for creating a toy hamster that she claims misappropriates her likeness and name.
6 October 2016 Toy maker Hasbro and Harris Faulkner, a presenter on US television channel Fox News, have settled an intellectual property lawsuit over Hasbro’s toy hamster.