litigation
legal action
TRANSLATION
litigation = das Gerichtsverfahren,der Prozess, der Rechtsstreit, die Rechtsstreitigkeit, die Streitsache costs of litigation = die Prozesskosten risk of litigation = das Prozessrisiko tort litigation = das Schadenersatzverfahren LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
In the early 1990s, a San Francisco artist named Paul Hansen began selling "Barbie art" - standard Barbie dolls transformed into such satirical characters as Drag Queen Barbie, Trailer Trash Barbie, Exorcist Barbie, and Tanya Harding Barbie.
Hansen sold more than 100 of his creations before Mattel started LITIGATION for copyright infringement - claiming $1.2 billion in damages.
Althought art is generally free from copyright challenges and Hansen backed down, promising to remove his dolls from store shelves and sell them only in galleries, The Wall Street Journal reported: "Mattel's lawyer still wanted to go to trial to collect damages and win a stricter definition of 'art gallery.' After a year of LITIGATION, even the judge lost patience... and granted a partial judgment against Mattel 'for not having a sense of humor.'"
Hansen sold more than 100 of his creations before Mattel started LITIGATION for copyright infringement - claiming $1.2 billion in damages.
Althought art is generally free from copyright challenges and Hansen backed down, promising to remove his dolls from store shelves and sell them only in galleries, The Wall Street Journal reported: "Mattel's lawyer still wanted to go to trial to collect damages and win a stricter definition of 'art gallery.' After a year of LITIGATION, even the judge lost patience... and granted a partial judgment against Mattel 'for not having a sense of humor.'"
Did you
know?
lit-i-gate
verb
- To contest in legal proceedings.
- To engage in legal proceedings.
Latin litigare, litigat-: lis, lit-, lawsuit + agere, to drive
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
litigation
: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
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Synonyms:
action, case, cause, contention, dispute, lawsuit, process, prosecution, trial
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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say something like:
"Litigation is costly and time-consuming, we should try to avoid it"
verb
- To contest in legal proceedings.
- To engage in legal proceedings.
Latin litigare, litigat-: lis, lit-, lawsuit + agere, to drive
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
litigation
: a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
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Synonyms:
action, case, cause, contention, dispute, lawsuit, process, prosecution, trial
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
---
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Litigation is costly and time-consuming, we should try to avoid it"
