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Intellectual Property

Nov. 8, 2012

Board game company hit for $8.6 million in trademark verdict

The phrase "Would You Rather...?" is a valid trademark that a board game company has been willfully infringing for nearly a decade, a Los Angeles jury has decided in awarding $8.6 million in damages.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The phrase "Would You Rather...?" is a valid trademark that a board game company has been willfully infringing for nearly a decade, a Los Angeles jury has decided in awarding $8.6 million in damages.


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