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Scrabble's Owner Files Suit To Stop Scrabulous
T-R-O-U-B-L-E could loom for a Scrabble knockoff that has become one of the most popular activities on Facebook. Hasbro Inc., the company that owns the word game's North American rights, sued the creators of the Scrabulous program on Thursday, less...Tags: Game Playing, Trials, Hasbro Incorporated, New York, Electronic Arts Inc.
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Hasbro sues, seeks to ban Scrabulous from Facebook
Chicago Tribune reporterTwo weeks after launching a version of Scrabble for members of social networking site Facebook, gamemaker Hasbro Inc. has sued the creators of a popular look-alike game. Hasbro, which owns the rights to Scrabble in the U.S. and Canada, filed a...Tags: Online, Hasbro Incorporated, Electronics, New York, EA Tiburon
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Court upholds non-infringement ruling
Motorola Inc., the Schaumburg-based maker of mobile phones, and Taiwan's Benq Corp. won an appeals court ruling that they and other handset-makers don't infringe a patent for text messaging owned by the University of Texas. The university had sued more...Tags: LM Ericsson Telephone Company, Nokia Corp., Texas, Motorola, Inc., Sony Corp.
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Hollywood goes on location to work with Iraq's Kurds
Oliver Stone couldn't have staged a more surreal scene: Balancing wine glasses in their hands, a group of Hollywood executives boogied to the Beach Boys in the foothills of northern Iraq as bursts of fireworks lit up the night sky. ¶ The Fourth of July...Tags: Cannes Film Festival, General Motors Corp., Culture, Film Festivals, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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France eases up on the 35-hour work week, allows companies to negotiate longer hours
French lawmakers took a step toward ending the country's decade-long experiment with a 35-hour work week, passing a bill that gives companies greater latitude to extend working hours. The new law, approved late Wednesday, retains the legal limit on...Tags: Nicolas Sarkozy, Labor Legislation
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STYLE FILE
Artful bags What do Wales, Sicily, Queens and L.A. have in common? They're all part of the Eenamaria handbag story. The new mod line by Welsh designer Sarah Morgan is named for her Sicilian mum and nurtured by New York Designs, a biz "incubator" at...Tags: Antonio Banderas, Manhattan, Queens (Queens, New York), New York
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Checking back in on Hulu
By Steve JohnsonWhen last we checked in with Hulu, the online video-serving site from the parent companies of NBC and Fox, it was still in beta but already impressive. The site felt as if it was dealing in one main theme: Make it enjoyable for people to watch video,...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, NBC, Television, Facebook, Viacom Inc.
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Facebook's New Scrabble Flashy, Iffy
Associated PressA sanctioned version of Scrabble for Facebook, released last week by video game maker Electronic Arts Inc., boasts animated graphics and true-to-the-board-game design. But underneath its flashy exterior, the new Scrabble's features are very similar to...Tags: Game Playing, Building Material, Hasbro Incorporated, Metal and Mineral, Electronic Arts Inc.
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Critic Roger Ebert quitting nationally syndicated show
Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony - but hinting that he's not finished with television. The famed film critic announced yesterday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene Siskel made famous, a day...Tags: Roger Ebert, Movies, Gene Siskel, Richard Roeper, Reviews
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American Airlines, Google settle lawsuit
American Airlines has dropped its lawsuit against Google Inc. over its search engine directing some users to advertisements for the airline's competitors. American sued the search giant last year seeking unspecified damages for trademark infringement....Tags: Transportation, Google Inc., Air Transportation, American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry
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