Bratz and Barbie Battle to the Death... Barbie FTW!

[mckitterick]

Srsly? A judge is supporting one brand over another? Am I missing something?

"Waaah! My name is Barbie and my monopoly has shrunk 15%! I blame that Yasmin floozy and her dirty friends."

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"Hey, little lady, don't you worry. I'll stop those evildoers. U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson to the rescue!"

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"Hey, you jerks! This was a fair fight! If the skank couldn't compete, well, that's what we call capitalizm, beotches."

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"Sorry, you lose," sez da Judge. "How's about you stop manufacturing, recall all your existing product, and pay your retailers to send it all back to you. Oh, and how's about doing it right now, before the Christmas season."

"Ha ha! I win!"

"Fuck."

"Oh, and Barbie, about that blowjob you promised..."

"Just kidding! Heee!"

Idiotic.

Chris

Comments

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Can they all lose?

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That would be optimal. It's just stupid that a toy maker can sue - and win! - because someone dared compete. Ye gods.

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

Are you KIDDING me? That's ridiculous! (And I hate Bratz, but still. Ridiculous.)

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Srsly. Just click any of the images to see the news stories.

I must be missing something....

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

this is BS!!! just because the dude who designed Barbie also designed the Bratz name and characters, doesn't mean the dolls are alike. and the fact that the bratz dolls sell and the barbies DON'T, means there's a difference between them!

i agree, it's called COMPETITION.
and if i were a sassy kid? i'd pick the bratz dolls, too. at least they got 'tude.

[dragovianknight.livejournal.com]

I read them, I just...can't get over the feeling that they have GOT to be kidding.

[chernobylred.livejournal.com]

Tonight on Hard Copy: The Arabian Horse Breeders Association sues the makers of My Little Pony.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

LOLZ!!!!!

[kijjohnson.livejournal.com]

Oh, for God's sake.

[fortyozspartan.livejournal.com]

Copyright infringement or what? I've been purposefully ignoring this story and have no idea what it is about. I guess Bratz our faux-barbies?

[gwyndolin.livejournal.com]

The problem is, the guy designed the BRatz dolls while he was still working for Matel, which leads to some serious breach of contract issues. I remember hearing about this on some news show or another a few weeks ago, before the ruling, and while I can't remember all the details now, at the time it sounded to me like the correct ruling is the one the judges made.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Ah, well, now that seems like a jerky thing to do. But kill an entire company because of that? Why not punish him directly, or create a package to make up for it with the Barbie folks? Why punish an industry and consumers and reduce competition?

[steve98052.livejournal.com]

This is a legal no-win zone. One the one hand, the employee was wrong to create an idea that's within the domain of his own job, keep it from his employer and sell it somewhere else. But on the other hand, it's wrong for an employer to have the power to shut down all creative work that might result from ideas an employee might carry along to a future job, particularly when the job is highly specialized.

I don't lament Bratz dolls, but the legal grounds seem shaky. In that sense, it's like the Laurie Drew conviction: she did something horrible, and was convicted of a crime, but only by twisting an unrelated law to the purpose.

[roya-spirit.livejournal.com]

It will only make Bratz more valuable in the long run, ha~!