Legal Opinion
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 24, 2002No. 98-56453, 98-56577PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
If this were a sci-fi melodrama, it might be called Speech-Zilla meets Trademark Kong.
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Barbie was born in Germany in the 1950s as an adult collector’s item. Over the years, Mattel transformed her from a doll that resembled a “German street walker,” 1 as she originally appeared, into a glamorous, long-legged blonde. Barbie has been labeled both the ideal American woman and a bimbo. She has survived attacks both psychic (from feminists critical of her fictitious figure) and physical (more than 500 professional makeovers). She remains a symbol of American girlhood,…
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