Litigation
Aug. 15, 2001
Mattel's Suit to Stop Barbie-Inspired Art Is Toast
LOS ANGELES - Tom Forsythe is free to serve Barbie enchiladas again. A federal judge ruled Friday 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.




A federal judge ruled Friday that the 43-year-old Utah artist's free-speech rights outweigh Matt...
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