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High Court Rejects Barbie 'Bimbo' Case By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON - Toymaker Mattel lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday over a mocking pop song that called the iconic fashion doll Barbie a 'blonde bimbo.' The high court did not comment in turning down Mattel's request to reopen a trademark fight over the 1997 dance hit 'Barbie Girl.' Mattel claims the preteen girls who buy Barbie dolls were duped into thinking the song was an advertisement for the doll or part of Mattel's official line of Barbie products. Ad materials for the song used the same electric pink that Mattel has used to package Barbie dolls for decades. MCA sold an estimated 1.4 million copies of the recording. The music company calls the song a parody protected by the First Amendment...
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