Mattel Sued by Rival.Hasbro Inc. filed a patent infringement patent infringement n. the manufacture and/or use of an invention or improvement for which someone else owns a patent issued by the government, without obtaining permission of the owner of the patent by contract, license or waiver. lawsuit against rival Mattel Inc. over technology used to make a remote-control toy. Hasbro said it owns the patents to technology that Mattel used to build its Super Rebound vehicle, introduced last year. Hasbro said it bought the patents to produce Ricochet A wireless Internet service from Ricochet Networks, Inc., Denver, CO (www.ricochet.net). Originally developed by Los Gatos, CA-based Metricom, Inc., Ricochet was the first high-speed, wireless Internet service for commuters. , a remote-control vehicle with two high-torque motors and large balloon tires, which was on the market from 1994 through 1996. Chris Byrne Chris Byrne co-founded the band Black 47 with Larry Kirwan in 1989. While still with the band, he created a side project - the "celtic hip-hop" band Seanchai & the Unity Squad. "Seanchai" is Byrne's hip-hop stage name, loosely translated from Irish as 'storyteller'. , editor of the publication The Toy Report, said Super Rebound, produced by the Tyco division of El Segundo-based Mattel, was one of the best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best radio-control cars in 1999. |
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