August 15, 2018
A New York federal judge on Wednesday conditionally tossed Hasbro Inc.'s case accusing DC Comics of copying the name of its iconic yellow character from the Transformers by creating a superhero character named "Bumblebee," after the companies said they have tentatively reached a settlement.
August 28, 2017
Hasbro Inc. accused DC Comics of copying the name of its iconic yellow character from the Transformers by creating a superhero character named "Bumblebee" sold in the form of "spurious" toy action figures and Lego sets, according to a New York federal suit on Monday.