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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...