{"id":5265,"date":"2022-08-19T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/?p=5265"},"modified":"2022-08-30T03:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:03:10","slug":"bbq-barbie-brand-mattel-sues-nicki-minaj-style-barbie-que-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/bbq-barbie-brand-mattel-sues-nicki-minaj-style-barbie-que-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"BBQ: Barbie Brand Mattel Sues Nicki Minaj Style \u201cBarbie-Que\u201d Snacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBQ.\u00a0Rap Snacks is being sued by Barbie manufacturer Mattel Inc., over its \u201cBarbie-Que Honey Truffle\u201d chips.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5266\" src=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/EF1CA294-5BD5-40B5-8DE0-8511EB86127D.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMattel is alleging Rap Snacks infringed on its iconic Barbie-stylized trademark with the release of the product attached to Nicki Minaj\u2019s likeness. Mattel argues\u00a0the snack creates confusion among consumers, as it falsely associates the product with the Barbie brand.<br \/>\nIf Mattel wins it could get an injunction against\u00a0Rap Snacks from using the Barbie name and will get damages as well as profits from the chip sales.<\/p>\n<p>Can Mattel prove trademark infringement?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBQ.\u00a0Rap Snacks is being sued by Barbie manufacturer Mattel Inc., over its \u201cBarbie-Que Honey Truffle\u201d chips. Mattel is alleging Rap&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,623,609],"tags":[1963],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5268,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5265\/revisions\/5268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}