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MCA's lawyers also cited the earlier Bild Lilli doll – a German adult novelty toy which served as the basis for the original Barbie dolls – in their defense against Mattel's claims that Aqua sexualized the doll. [7] MCA moved to dismiss Mattel's complaint for failure to state a claim, which the Central District of California granted. Mattel ...
The character is played for laughs, but casual "Barbie" fans may not know Midge's long, controversial history in the Barbieverse. Margaret "Midge" Hadley Sherwood was created in 1963 as Barbie's ...
Vintage Barbie dolls from the early years are the most valuable at auction, and while the original Barbie was sold for $3.00 in 1959, a mint boxed Barbie from 1959 sold for $3552.50 on eBay in October 2004. [92] On September 26, 2006, a Barbie doll set a world record at auction of £9,000 sterling (US$17,000) at Christie's in London. The doll ...
The Barbie doll is one of the most iconic toys in history, but there's so much more to her than a pretty face. ... She still stirs up controversy. In early 2015, Mattel released "Hello Barbie," an ...
Mattel introduced the Barbie in 1964 with the intention of creating a character that portrayed a girl’s journey through puberty by giving the doll the ability to grow breasts.
Mattel Inc. v. Walking Mountain Productions, 353 F.3d 792 (9th Cir. 2003), [1] was a case between Mattel and Tom Forsythe in which Mattel sued Forsythe for the production and sale of photographs portraying "Barbie" dolls.
LET’S UNPACK THAT: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’ movie features cameos from a host of surreal dolls quietly discontinued by Mattel – among them a pregnant plastic woman and Rob Brydon’s ...
He is known for his photographic work of Barbie dolls, which caused some controversy resulting from a lawsuit brought against him by Mattel. The company lost the case, Mattel Inc. v. Walking Mountain Prods. (9th Cir. 2003), when the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the images were original artwork in 2004. [1]