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 ...

CBS has found itself at the center of a lawsuit regarding "Bert the Farting Hippo," a recurring prop on NCIS,TheWrap.com reports. The company Folkmanis, Inc., which manufactured the original ...

So Hippo 1 was renamed, and Bert the Farting Hippo (with an added sound effect) it became. “This hippo stuffed animal actually makes noises,” proclaims a more recent ad for one of the CBS ...

The CBS store still offers many Bert the Farting Hippo products, which include not only stuffed dolls and keychains, but also phone covers, t-shirts, metal signs, slippers, and even a costume for ...

Folkmanis, Inc is a company that makes stuffed puppets, like hippos. The first version of the company's hippo puppet came out in 2002, referred to in the lawsuit as "Hippo 1." In 2003, CBS used ...

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 ...

The CBS store still offers many Bert the Farting Hippo products, which include not only stuffed dolls and keychains, but also phone covers, t-shirts, metal signs, slippers, and even a costume for ...