Merchant & Gould Scores Litigation Victory for Inventor

Jury Rules in Favor of Inventor Over Corporate Giant Hasbro, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN -- Merchant & Gould, an intellectual property law firm, received a recent litigation victory in the federal district court for the District of Rhode Island. On March 24, after a week-long patent trial, a jury returned a verdict of $446,182 to inventor Michael Bowling, owner of Arizona-based Crystal Caste, LLC, against Hasbro, Inc. The jury found that Hasbro’s unauthorized use of crystal-shaped dice in a 1999 premium edition of the Monopoly® board game warranted a monetary award to fairly compensate Mr. Bowling.

"We’re obviously very pleased with the result," said lead counsel Tony Zeuli, of Merchant & Gould. "As an inventor, Mr. Bowling depends on his intellectual property and we are glad to have had the opportunity to tell his story to a jury."

Mr. Bowling was also represented by Tom Leach of Merchant & Gould, Minneapolis and Duffy, Sweeney & Scott, Providence.

About Merchant & Gould

Merchant & Gould is a national intellectual property and litigation law firm with more than 100 attorneys in offices in Atlanta, Denver, Knoxville, Minneapolis, Omaha, Seattle, and Washington D.C. The firm has represented the worldwide intellectual property interests of clients in diverse industries and technologies for more than 105 years.