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Were the makers of Trivial Pursuit sued after they listed the first name of fictional character Columbo as Philip?

Anonymous

∙ 17y ago

Updated: 10/20/2022

The makers Trivial Pursuit were sued by a trivia book author who claimed they had plagiarized from him. Trivial Pursuit countered that they had taken material from his book and others, calling it research. They won. The Columbo character's first name is actually Frank

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∙ 17y ago

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