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The True Stella Awards are really about cases filed in the United States, but sometimes there are foreign components, or they’re just so interesting that they deserve comment. These are some of the craziest examples from the files of the True Stella Awards.

111: A Really Ugly Court Fight

Posted May 26, 2025April 25, 2022 in Categories 2006, Crying ‘Rights’, Dishonorable Mention, Foreign, Not in the Book4 Comments

Stella Case No. 111, Originally Published: 1 November 2006

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Tags Arranged marriage, Engagement, Friends, India, Maryland, Massachusetts

Editorial: Stella Expands to the U.K.?

Posted May 26, 2025March 14, 2022 in Categories 2006, Editorial, Foreign, Not in the Book1 Comment

Editorial, Originally Published: 8 March 2006

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Tags Invited, Op-Ed, U.K.

058: Harry Potter and the Colossal Lawsuit

Posted May 26, 2025February 22, 2021 in Categories 2003, Celebrity, Dishonorable Mention, Foreign, Media, Publicity Stunt, Status Unknown3 Comments

Stella Case No. 058, Originally Published: 2 July 2003

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Tags Copyright, Intellectual Property, Publishing

046: Big Shot

Posted May 26, 2025December 7, 2020 in Categories 2003, Dishonorable Mention, Dismissed, Foreign, Short

Stella Case No. 046, Originally Published: 30 April 2003

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Tags Ammunition, Guns, Hunting, Lion, Product liability, Safari, Scotland, Shooting

031: The Inevitable Spread of American Legal Ideas

Posted May 26, 2025October 8, 2020 in Categories 2003, Dishonorable Mention, Foreign, Minor Plaintiff, Schools, Short, Sports, Status Unknown2 Comments

Stella Case No. 031, Originally Published: 15 January 2003

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Tags Cheerleading, England, Exchange student, Iowa

015: Free Speech v. Words Reserved for Exclusive Corporate Use

Posted May 26, 2025August 10, 2020 in Categories 2002, Appealed, Countersuit, Defamation, Dishonorable Mention, Dismissed, Foreign5 Comments

Stella Case No. 015, Originally Published: 6 November 2002

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Tags Barbie, California, Federal, GOOHF, Intellectual Property, Mattel, Trademark

005: Silence Is Golden — For Some

Posted May 26, 2025July 6, 2020 in Categories 2002, Dishonorable Mention, Foreign, Publicity Stunt, Settled6 Comments

Stella Case No. 005, Originally Published: 25 September 2002

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Tags Intellectual Property, Music, U.K.

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