A legal battle over the “Barbie” trademark has ended before it ever really got started.
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Barbie maker Mattel Inc. has agreed to drop a trademark lawsuit against Rap Snacks over the launch ofMattel’s August lawsuit, which did not name Minaj herself as a defendant, claimed that Rap Snacks made a “deliberate and calculated” choice to infringe the company’s trademark rights to Barbie. But in a filing on Wednesday, the toymaker asked the judge to voluntarily dismiss the case.The settlement came after Rap Snacks appears to have changed the name of the Minaj-branded chips.
Neither side immediately returned requests for comments on the settlement, including whether Rap Snacks had paid any money to settle the case or had agreed to specific label changes as part of the lawsuit. Launched in Philadelphia in 1994, Rap Snacks partners with top hip-hop stars to sell branded food products, like
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