Warren Buffett is a man of many ventures, but his latest legal endeavor is stuffed with animosity.
Berkshire-Hathaway-owned Jazwares, which creates the now-viral Squishmallows plush toys, is suing the well-known stuffed animal maker, Build-A-Bear, in Los Angeles Court for its new line of stuffed toys called Skoosherz, which Jazwares claims is a “knockoff” of Squishmallows.
“When it comes to intellectual property rights, imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery,” said Jazwares’ lawyer, Moez Kaba, in a statement per Reuters.
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Jazwares claims that Build-A-Bear has “blatantly and intentionally” copied Squishmallows designs, which are based on “simplified
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