S&M Barbie
A U.S. District Judge allowed a patent infringement suit by Mattel against a British dollmaker to go forward today, but said there wasn't sufficient evidence for the company to win. The dollmaker dressed Barbie in a "lederhosen-style Bavarian bondage dress and helmet in rubber with PVC-mask," according to the ruling. The judge oddly seemed to think that this didn't present any threat to Barbie sales, since the likes of FAO Schwarz wouldn't be stocking it for the kiddies. I guess Barbie's Dream Dungeon wouldn't go over well with parents.
2002 hasn't been the best year for Mattel in terms of its patent infringement lawsuits. Over the summer it lost a suit against Danish pop group Aqua for the song "Barbie Girl." Mattel probably would have had a better case had it filed a lawsuit for psychological damages. How anyone could listen to a song with a faux Ken singing "Come on Barbie, let's go party," and not be damaged is beyond me.
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moi.missä se dollmaker:i on? surkeet sivut, jos saan sanoa. löysin nää googlesta hakusanalla: barbie dollmaker, mutta täähän on huiputusta. ei täällä mitään dollmakeria ole. sivuille arvosanaksi antaisin 0-, koska se on vähin mitä voi antaa. siis parantakaa sivujanne, thank you! T:moi
Posted by: moi | April 19, 2003 09:00 AM
Unfortunately, I do not speak Finnish, but I tried to translate the text. It didn't work really well, but if you're saying what I think you are saying, then, no, there is no dollmaker here. Google doesn't always provide the best matches for your search.
Posted by: Lesley | April 19, 2003 01:33 PM
i love barbie
Posted by: bn | May 18, 2003 12:02 AM
Hiya, Im bi-lingual in Finnish and the person was asking you where the Dollmakers website (the one who made the s&m doll) is. The want you to give them the URL to the page even though it is in English, they even tried google and searching " Barbie dollmaker" but to no avail found nothing. They apologize for bugging you but the would really like the URL cuz they want the Barbie.LOL I hope this helps you,
Kirsti
Tervesia kakille soumilainen ystäväani!
Posted by: Kirsti | September 13, 2003 07:05 PM