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The strangest court battles that cost millions

Monkey business (cost unknown)
Mattel v Barbie Girl art: $1.8 million (£1.4m)
The real Caravaggio: at least $2.3 million (£1.8m)
McDonald’s in hot coffee: $2.9 million (£2.3m)
Red Bull's lack of wings: $13 million (£10.2m)
Free to sing Happy Birthday: $19 million (£15m)
Napster faces the music: $26 million (£20.5m)
70-year-old Hyderabad Fund battle: $45.6 million (£36m)
A rather large dry cleaning bill: $54 million (£42.6m)
Hoover free flights: $72 million (£56.9m)
Battle of the Russian oligarchs: $126 million (£100m)
Pringles – biscuits or crisps?: $126 million (£100m)
Apple v Samsung: $539 million (£427m)
Facial recognition lawsuit: $1 billion (£793m)
JPMorgan’s costly clerical error: $1.5 billion (£1.2bn)
Roundup weedkiller: $2 billion (£1.6bn)
Talcum powder cancer cases: $20 billion (£15.9bn)
The $2 undecillion dog bite
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"I’ll see you in court"

From Apple's face recognition technology leading to wrongful arrest to the Happy Birthday song, some strange things have made it to the courtroom. These are some of the weirdest – and most expensive – court cases from recent history...
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Suzanne Locke

04 June 2019

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