Bert the Farting Hippo has appeared on the crime show and is sold at the online CBS Store. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The first version of the stuffed Hippo came in 2002. The ...

In Hollywood, the land of American reinvention, even the farting hippos have dark, shameful secrets. On Monday, a soft sculpture company called Folkmanis, Inc. sued CBS and several affiliated ...

CBS has found itself at the center of a lawsuit regarding "Bert the Farting Hippo," a recurring prop on NCIS, The Wrap reports. The company Folkmanis, Inc., which manufactured the original stuffed ...

In news that threatens to sully the dignity of the farting hippo industry, CBS is facing a lawsuit over the marketing of, as The Wrap notes, the “farting hippo from NCIS.” Rather than a particularly ...

Today in legal and/or farting hippopotamus news, a toy-making company named Folkmanis, Inc. is suing CBS for copyright infringement over a plush doll called “Bert the Farting Hippo.” Quick backstory ...

Is Bert the Farting Hippo — the flatulent puppet and “NCIS” mascot — intellectual property? The whole idea may smell funny to you, but not to Folkmanis, the Emeryville, Calif., puppet company that has ...

With each Robot Chicken animator churning out 10 seconds of footage a day on average, organization is crucial. An episode involves roughly 50 sets, 120 puppets, and an untold number of fart jokes.

Telstra has launched ‘Codemates’, an initiative to teach kids essential digital skills for the future, by inviting them to control an animatronic puppet named Patch using code. The program tutorials ...

Folkmanis Inc., a stuffed animal purveyor, is suing CBS Broadcasting for selling a puppet of a farting hippo featured on NCIS. Folkmanis alleges that CBS violated copyright laws by selling "Bert the ...

Yes, you read the headline right: A stuffed, farting hippo is at the center of a pretty strange lawsuit. It may not make any sense at the moment, but let us explain. Folkmanis, Inc is a company that ...