Porn Star Sued For Using "Barbie" Name

Mattel Not Amused by "China Barbie" Using Moniker Of Its Clean-Cut Line Of Dolls

(AP)  Toy maker Mattel isn't amused by a model's pornographic play on the name of its clean-cut Barbie dolls.

Mattel went to court Tuesday to complain that the Web site of an adult entertainer named China Barbie has tried to benefit from the success of the 48-year-old line of dolls. They include Barbie's sister, Skipper, her best friend, Midge, and Skipper's boyfriend, Kevin.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, said Mattel Inc. had registered its trademarks to protect the Barbie line and its billions of dollars in sales. Mattel said it has sold more than 1 billion Barbie dolls worldwide, and a typical American girl owns eight of them.

China Barbie's site says she's a curvaceous, "cordial young lady" who worked at leading investment banking firms and advertising agencies in New York before getting into porn. It says her filmography includes "Ethnic Cheerleaders 8" and "Passport to Paradise," and it charges $19.95 for monthly access to its photos and video clips.

According to the lawsuit, the offending Web site is registered to Global China Networks LLC and is operated by Terri Gibson of Hollywood, Fla.

A telephone message left for Gibson on Tuesday was not immediately returned, and an e-mail sent to China Barbie through the Web site bounced back.

The lawsuit said Global China Networks used a domain name containing the word "barbie" in a "bad faith attempt to profit from Mattel's Barbie trademarks" and had damaged Mattel's good name.

The lawsuit asked the court to order the transfer of the domain name registration to Mattel, to award damages of up to $100,000 and to order that any profits Global China Networks achieved be given to Mattel.

Mattel said the Web site is toying with an image carefully crafted since company co-founder Ruth Handler created the Barbie doll in 1959. She had discovered that her daughter, Barbara, preferred to play with paper cutouts of adult female fashion dolls, rather than baby dolls.

[michellem99-2009]

I was born in 54. My father named me Barbara Ann right after my birth and he calls me Barbie way before that doll. So therefore it is nick name for Barbara. Dad has alway called me Barbie and will. Amen toldyouso21. Mattel needs to get over it. They can''t tell ladies named Barbara/Barbie not to use the name. We will as it our name before Mattel their paws on our name. Growing up I never heard of the Barbie doll.Never had a Barbie Doll growing up. Michelle aka Barbara

[mrassekh]

Actually, the first Barbie dolls actually looked like strippers.

[linfinster]

Someone ought to sue Mattel for creating an inhuman female shaped doll that has the ability to form little girls minds into thinking that figure is normal.

[missyx21]

I guess China will just have to put more poison in those Barbie dolls now.
Posted by shanev137 at 04:05 PM : Aug 22, 2007

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LMAO at that one.

anyways, Barbie the toy is owned by Mattel, but I''m not sure about Barbie the name. Can anyone really own a name?!?!?!?!

[soldat44]

Hey Mattel! I''d be more concerned with all the lawsuits coming your way concerning the use of lead-based paints in your toys than what a porn person is calling her/him self.

Reality check please!

[jkhagemann]

tama351, I plan on moving to Brazil. However, not Rio... the Northeast. I''m sure you know nothing about Brazil since you are are a clueless American. Beleive me, America is dead. Take my advise and invest in Brazil.

Yes, they have slums, much nicer than Detroit or any other majot US city. They don''t have murder rates like the US.

You need to get re-educated on the world. The US is dead! Start packing!

[tama351]

jkhagemann

Leave it to a Liberal to politicize even something like this. Grow up, get up, and move
to your beloved Rio and make America a better place!

[johnstossel]

Mattel doesn''t have a good name!!! Please remember a week or two ago that they were poisoning America''s children with lead based paint. How quickle people forget!!!!!!!!!

[rushlimpdrug]

Does china barbi drive a corvette?

[timantane]

jkhagemann,

Yeah, everyone''s seen those booming slums of Rio. Let''s all move there. Just bring your own cardboard box to live in.

The only thing Brazil is a world power in is Soccer. But they are awesome at that.

[catcher722]

jkhagemann,

I must say your comments do amuse me. America is dying, come on, get real.

[shanev137]

I guess China will just have to put more poison in those Barbie dolls now.

[jkhagemann]

Typical American Company, run by typical Americans. They always want to profit on what they deem "inapropriate" in their abnormal "christian" beliefs. America is no longer a wold power, due to Bush and his "Christian Right". America is dying people, time to wake up and act humble/normal and acept people for the way they are. Live and let Live! Time to move to South America folks... Brazil is booming, and very liberal!

[Syndicate]

Mattel will loose. Barbie is a name. Everyone has a right to use it as long as they don''t make blonde dolls. Being that my name is Kenny and I have blonde hair and blue eyes I think I''ll sue Mattel when they role out the new "Ken" doll.

[talkingham]

Well I hope they decide to sue Outback for their use of "shrimp on the barbie" too as I''m sure just as many pre-teens get confused by that as those who will hunt down a porn site.

Matel needs to get back to the good stuff making war toys for kids using China''s poison paint factories. I hope China Barbie wins because all Matel has done is make her famous. Surely they have better things to do like keep poison off of their toys, guess they''re too busy looking at porn stars to actually pay attention to their products.

[agnim]

Another name for a dam Pros-ti-tute/ho, porn star.

And is the barbie doll a ho also? LOL

[billpl-2009]

Mattel should know better

they just made "China Barbie" a (porn) star

...I''m sure she thanks them very much

[toldyouso21]

What''s in a name? I have a friend whose great aunt was nicked named "Barbie" short for barbara--long before Mattel used the name for a doll. Should the great aunt have sued?

Get over it, got news for Mattel, Barbie as a name used by porn stars is not new, so now...are they on to this one because she is perhaps Chinese or........? Get over it, if they really did not want Barbie thought of as sexual, they would not have given her such a tiny waist and huge bazooongas. Anyone remember what they used to have the Ken doll DO to Barbie, Skipper or Midge when play acting? Mattel needs to grow up, get real and take a chill pill. lmao.