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Aug. 30, 2001
Mattel's Suit to Stop Barbie-Inspired Art Is Toast
By David Houston Nevada Journal Staff Writer Tom Forsythe is free to serve Barbie enchiladas again. A federal judge ruled Aug. 10 that the 43-year-old Utah artist's free-speech rights outweigh Mattel Inc.'s intellectual-property concerns. U.S. District Judge Ronald S.W. Lew dismissed a lawsuit the El Segundo toy maker filed against Forsythe in August 1999. Mattel v. Walking Mountain Productions.
By David Houston
Nevada Journal Staff Writer
Tom Forsythe is free to serve Barbie enchiladas again.
A federal judge ruled Aug. 10 that the 43-year-old Utah artist's free-speech rights outweigh Mattel Inc.'s intellectual-pr...
Nevada Journal Staff Writer
Tom Forsythe is free to serve Barbie enchiladas again.
A federal judge ruled Aug. 10 that the 43-year-old Utah artist's free-speech rights outweigh Mattel Inc.'s intellectual-pr...
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