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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 ...
Barbie’s best friend has had a turbulent history — and was unceremoniously pulled from store shelves in 2002 for getting pregnant. Now she’s back in the movie “Barbie” and ready for her ...
Here's what to know about the controversy: Kuwait. Kuwait banned "Barbie" on Aug. 9, according to the Associated Press, citing a statement from state-run news agency KUNA, which said the film ...
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 ...
Stern made Barbie Nation during a period when Mattel was extra-protective of Barbie, actively pursuing lawsuits against artists that were, as she puts it, doing "strange things" with the doll. The ...
Mattel alleged that Forsythe's use of Barbie's name and likeness in his "Food Chain Barbie" photo series infringed on their copyrights, trademarks, and trade dress. The court held that Mattel's trademark and trade dress claims were "groundless or unreasonable" and therefore ordered Mattel to pay 1.8 million dollars in legal fees to Forsythe ...
There's even a pregnant Barbie (played by Promising Young Woman writer-director Emerald Fennell) in an amusing nod to Midge, an actual doll that was considered so "controversial" in the early ...
Mattel co-founder Ruth Handler introduced Barbie to the world in 1959, changing everything the world then knew about girls’ dolls. The doll’s inspiration was somewhat controversial, coming in ...