Late last year, the chain sued a Missouri gas station, Duckees Drive Thru, arguing that its cartoon duck was a copycat of the beaver. It has also accused convenience stores in Mexico of copying its ...

This article appears in the March 2025 print edition with the headline “Capitulation Is Contagious.” ...

They’re selling “Presence” as a horror movie when it’s something else entirely: a ghost story as told from the point of view ...