Legal Opinion
Victor G. Reiling Associates & Design Innovation, Inc. v. Fisher-Price, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 14, 2006No. 3:03CV222 (JBA)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW OR FOR A NEW TRIAL [Doc. # 273]
ARTERTON, District Judge.
On February 6, 2006, after a three-week trial, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff Design Innovation (“DI”) on its claims of misappropriation and unfair competition against defendant Fisher-Price (“FP”) for using the Reel Heroes toy concept submitted by DI and co-plaintiff Victor Reiling without compensation, awarding damages to DI in the form of reasonable royalties in the amount of $1.7 million. 1 Familiarity with the facts of this case, as fully described in the…
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