http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93041383
Here is an interesting trademark case. The Indian developers of the popular Scrabulous game on Facebook were sued by Hasbro, the company that owns the rights to Scrabble in North America. Hasbro first threatened legal action in January against the developers and Facebook, but with no avail. Therefore, the lawsuit was filed in New York in Late July. The interesting component of this case is that Scrabulous has not assets in the US, thus a court decision would need to be backed by India’s legal system to be enforced. This is just another case where there are no precedents due to the newness of the Internet.
Hasbro may win their case, which would most likely happen since this seems to be a clear infringement. However, they would not receive any financial benefit without India’s legal system’s support. Nevertheless, by pressing on with the suit they are keeping their trademark active. I guess there is an up and a down to this case.
1 comment:
I really miss Scrabulous.
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