http://excellentonline.com/taxonomy/term/332/0 en http://excellentonline.com/story/quotim-barbetm-girl-my-barbietm-worldquot-845 <p>In a victory for social commentator's everywhere, <strong>Mattel's</strong> lawsuit against <strong>MCA Records</strong> (on behalf of Swedish band <strong>Aqua</strong>) claiming trademark infrigement and defamation has been rejected by the US Supreme Court. The court rejected the lawsuit under the grounds that the song was a parody and therefore protected as free speech. I'm not sure which is more concerning... that Mattel attempted to sue or that MCA is claiming they sold more than 1.4 million copies of that horrid song.</p> aqua News Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:59:15 +0000 liz 845 at http://excellentonline.com