Mattel, Inc. v. MCA Records, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 2002-07-24

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OPINION KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge: If this were a sci-fi melodrama, it might be called Speech-Zilla meets Trademark Kong. I 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,” <a class="footnote"…

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