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Barbie versus Claudene

Who is Claudene, you might ask? The whole story began in 1990 when Claudene Christian wanted to sell a cheerleader doll through the U.S.C. campus store. Six years later, Mattel learned that Claudene Christian's Collegiate Doll Company had been producing and marketing Barbie look-alike dolls at 80 colleges and universities across the nation. Mattel won the first round, where the C.C.C. Doll Co. paid $100,000 for copyright infringement. The story, however, continues, with two more suits filed by Mattel against the doll company's law firm, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, for slander and libel based on derogatory statements made on the tabloid news show "Extra."

Thu, 02 Mar 2000 08:29:37 -0800

Submitted by: Jennie S. Bev