The Barbie Dolls Origin represent information about origin and meaning of Barbie. The American Baby Girl Name Barbie means a familiar form of Barbara. Barbie was a stylized female doll. http://barbiedolls.co.uk/ Thrs, 5 June 2008 15:08:12 +0530 Thrs, 5 June 2008 15:08:12 +0530 Jurors assembled in a California courtroom yesterday at the start of a trial that may look like a frivolous cat-fight in America's toy chest, pitting the long-legged Barbie doll against her pouty-lipped upstart rivals, the Bratz. But it is not just a contest about which girl is sexier. It's about multi-millions in market share. In combat are not the dolls but their makers. In one corner is Mattel, whose Barbie has reigned supreme as the doll of choice for little girls in America and around the world for 50 years. In the other is MGA Entertainment, whose line of Bratz dolls is threatening to knock Barbie off her throne.s. Thrs 5 June 2008 10:01:11 +0530 It has surely crossed the mind of many a knit-browed parent that the Bratz doll prototype would land in trouble somewhere. “The creators of the Bratz doll — the provocatively dressed, collagen-enhanced, bratily named successor to the Barbie mantle — is now in court in a lawsuit brought on by Barbie’s creator Mattel,” Interactive Brokers Group equity options analyst Rebecca Engmann Darst told Reuters. “Thankfully, it has not involved the vice squad,” she said. Instead, the company behind the wildly successful Bratz franchise, MGA Entertainment, has been hauled into court by Mattel on grounds that Carter Bryant, the creator of the sassy fashion dolls was employed by Mattel when he first conceived the sketches — making them Mattel’s rightful property, Darst said. Shares in Mattel responded with restrained upside, up 14 cents to $20.25.. Thrs 5 June 2008 11:03:11 +0530 It is always sad when toyland turns ugly but there are times when even the saccharine world of Barbie must be beset by conflict. Mattel, the maker of Barbie, has launched a legal battle against MGA Entertainment Inc, the maker of Bratz dolls, contending that it owns the rights to Bratz because the designer created the concept while he was employed at Mattel. Thrs 5 June 2008 11:03:11 +0530