If you haven’t heard of Fiona the Hippo by now, don’t be too hard on yourself, but that needs to change immediately. Not only have videos of Fiona been viewed more than 100,000 times on the Cincinnati ...

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 ...

A viral video of a hippopotamus has brought laughter to the internet, leaving netizens in stitches. In the now-viral clip, the hippo allegedly farted—or as some are calling it, launched a “gas attack” ...

Is Bert the Farting Hippo — the flatulent puppet and “NCIS” mascot — intellectual property? The whole idea may smell funny to you, but not to Folkmanis, the Emeryville, Calif., puppet company that has ...

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 ...

Among the straight-laced and super-serious NCIS agents portrayed by Harmon, Sean Murray, and Michael Weatherly over the years, Pauley Perrette’s Abby Sciuto character provided some balance. The ...

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 stuffed ...

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 ...

The Utah Jazz's Boris Diaw is one of the most interesting players in the NBA. He has a coffee machine at his locker (yes, he says he has one in the Jazz locker room), took the coffee machine to the ...

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 ...