Obama dolls pose presidential IP pickle
29 January 2009
Ryan Pasquale, New York
The maker of the popular Beanie Babies collection has created a buzz after releasing two new dolls suspiciously resembling the daughters of US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama
The “Marvelous Malia” and “Sweet Sasha” dolls are the newest additions to Ty Inc’s Ty Girlz collection.But the company has stated that the fact that the dolls bear the same names as Malia and Sasha Obama is merely coincidental. “It appears that Ty’s argument is going to be the dolls are not meant to look like [Sasha and Malia Obama], that they’re simply part of a product line it...
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