Legal Opinion
Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.
District Court, C.D. California
Decided August 3, 1998No. CV 97-6791-WMB (RNBx)PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO ALL CLAIMS, GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO DEFENDANTS’ COUNTERCLAIM, AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS
WM. MATTHEW BYRNE, Jr., District Judge.
In March, 1997, a Danish musical group known as “Aqua” released in Europe an eleven-song album, Aquarium. This album included a song entitled Barbie Girl, in which a woman and man assume the identities of two popular Mattel dolls known as Barbie and Ken. Defendants claim this song parodies the popular toys, with the singers referring to Barbie as a “blond bimbo…
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