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More "Bother" in Pooh Lawsuit
10 April 2007
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The Walt Disney Company has declined to participate in a mediation conference aimed at settling a complicated lawsuit over copyright royalties brought by the estate of Stephen Slesinger, which owns the rights to Winnie the Pooh. Disney's attorney in the lawsuit, Daniel Petrocelli, told the Associated Press that he had informed the court that a settlement conference "would not be meaningful" because "there's really nothing to settle." The Slesinger estate issued a statement saying that it is now prepared to proceed with its lawsuit seeking $2 billion in damages and the termination of licenses granted to Disney. Slesinger attorney Barry Slotnick said: "Disney's chance to resolve Slesinger's claims through settlement rather than risk potentially catastrophic losses is behind us. Disney walked away from the table."
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