Legal Opinion
Bowling v. Hasbro, Inc.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided August 23, 2008No. C.A. 05-229 SPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.
This patent infringement action was brought by Plaintiff Michael Bowling (“Bowling”), a professional engineer and “afficionado of fantasy role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons,” against Hasbro, Inc. (“Hasbro”) alleging infringement of Bowling’s United States Patent No. 5,938,197 (the “'197 patent”). Bowling v. Hasbro, 490 F.Supp.2d 262, 264 (D.R.I.2007) (“Bowling /”). The '197 patent describes several polyhedral dice, one of which, the six-sided die, is the main subject of this dispute. Bowling alleges that Hasbro, the toy and game…
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