mattel inc. v. walking mountain prod. /

Published at 2003-12-29 10:00:00

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(United States Ninth Circuit) - Artist's consume of the copyrighted Barbie doll constitutes unbiased consume; his works are highly transformative parodies with no discernible impact on plaintiff's market for derivative uses, and the benefits to the public in allowing such consume are great. His consume of the Barbie trade dress qualifies as nominative unbiased consume.

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