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  • August 2008

    • Bratz Dolls Must Pay Barbie $100M in Copyright Suit

      Associated Press  |  Aug 26, 08 6:39 PM CDT

      Bratz Dolls Must Pay Barbie $100M in Copyright Suit

      (Newser) - Barbie will get $100 million from her saucier cousins, the Bratz dolls, for copyright infringement, the AP reports. A federal jury ordered Bratz maker MGA to pay Mattel the sum, but it did not award punitive damages and gave Mattel only a fraction of what it sought. Last month, the jury sided with Mattel in deciding that the Bratz designer concocted the idea while working at the larger company. More »

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      lawsuit  • toys  • copyright infringement  • Mattel  • Barbie  • MGA Entertainment  • Bratz

    • Elvis, Priscilla Barbies Wed

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 12:17 PM CDT

      Elvis, Priscilla Barbies Wed

      (Newser) - Elvis and Priscilla Presley wedding day Barbies are the latest in King kitsch, the AP reports. The $65 boxed set, released yesterday, draws on the couple’s 1967 wedding photo—groom in paisley, bride in tiara. One fan paid $6,800 for a pair of dolls signed by Priscilla, while others waited at Graceland overnight to fete the mannequins with wedding cake. More »

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      Mattel  • Barbie  • Elvis Presley  • Memphis  • Graceland  • fashion dolls

  • July 2008

    • Barbie Beats Bratz in Court Battle

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 18, 08 2:43 AM CDT

      Barbie Beats Bratz in Court Battle

      (Newser) - Barbie doll creator Mattel has won a bitter courtroom battle against rival MGA Entertainment, which sells the edgier Bratz dolls. A jury found that Bratz designer Carter Byant conceived the pouty-lipped dolls while on Mattel's payroll, and that MGA secretly plotted with him to steal the billion-dollar idea, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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      Mattel  • Barbie  • Robert Eckert  • MGA Entertainment  • Bratz  • fashion dolls

  • April 2008

    • Iranian Lawman Blasts Barbie

      BBC  |  Apr 29, 08 7:42 AM CDT

      Iranian Lawman Blasts Barbie

      (Newser) - Barbie, Batman, and Harry Potter have no place in the Islamic Republic of Iran, says the nation's top prosecutor. He warned of the "social danger" that toys and other Western cultural imports pose to his country and has called for a ban, the BBC reports. Barbie is a big seller in Iran, and the country's little girls haven't been as keen on the more modestly dressed, Iranian-made alternative. More »

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      Iran  • toys  • Barbie  • cleric  • Islamic dress code

  • September 2007

    • Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

      Reuters  |  Sep 26, 07 1:07 PM CDT

      Chavez Slams Quinceañera Implants

      (Newser) - Hugo Chavez has aimed his anti-consumerist wrath at one of Venezuela’s bustiest trends. In a record eight-hour TV address Sunday, the barn-storming president assaulted his countrymen for giving breast implants as presents to girls celebrating their quinceañeras , the traditional 15th-birthday coming-of-age party.   More »

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      Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • advertisements  • breast implants  • Barbie  • consumerism  • Bolivarism

    • Prices in Toyland Are Going Up

      Associated Press  |  Sep 14, 07 7:04 AM CDT

      Prices in Toyland Are Going Up

      (Newser) - Toyland is about to become a more expensive place, as price hikes of 10% or more kick in to pay for heightened vigilance by toy makers following the recall of millions of lead-tainted and otherwise unsafe playthings imported from China. The added costs, which  won't kick in until after Christmas, will pay for independent lab testing which American manufacturers and retailers are scrambling to put in place. More »

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      China  • Wal-Mart  • Disney  • recall  • toys  • Mattel  • lead  • Barbie  • price  • Toys 'R' Us

    • Mattel Plans 3rd Recall of Toys Made in China

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 07 7:58 PM CDT

      Mattel Plans 3rd Recall of Toys Made in China

      (Newser) - Barbie accessories will be reined in by the hundreds of thousands by Mattel, which plans to recall another three quarters of a million Chinese-made toys due to dangerously high lead paint levels, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company's third recall this summer will also affect about 100,000 “GeoTrax” train toys and musical instruments for preschool children. More »

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      China  • recall  • Mattel  • product safety  • Barbie  • Walt Disney

  • August 2007

    • 'Barbie Bandit' Fesses Up in Court

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 07 5:25 PM CDT

      'Barbie Bandit' Fesses Up in Court

      (Newser) - Saying she wants to take responsibility for her actions, one of the so-called Barbie Bandits entered a tearful guilty plea today despite not having worked out a deal with prosecutors. In February, 19-year-old Heather Johnston and a fellow stripper robbed a Georgia bank of $11,000, using only sunglasses as disguises. They were arrested 2 days later. More »

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      crime  • Georgia  • bank  • theft  • robbery  • Barbie  • bank robber

  • July 2007

    • Look Out, Barbie: Here Comes Moses

      BBC  |  Jul 30, 07 4:05 PM CDT

      Look Out, Barbie: Here Comes Moses

      (Newser) - Faith-based action figures will soon compete with the latest Bratz and Transformers dolls on the shelves of a Wal-Mart near you. Tales of Glory figurines, including Samson, Jesus and Daniel (complete with the Lions’ Den), are being promoted as "God-honoring toys" in a market full of figures that "glorify evil, destruction, lying, cheating." More »

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      religion  • Wal-Mart  • Harry Potter  • toys  • faith  • Barbie

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