Orly Lobel

You Don't Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie's Dark Side (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A hair-raising account of a Barbie Dreamhouse-size Jarndyce and Jarndyce.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

This provocative work spotlights the legal battles between behemoth Mattel and audacious MGA over incredibly successful toys and the ownership of an idea. Law professor Orly Lobel deeply researched this riveting story, interviewing those involved, to draw attention to the contentious debate over creativity and intellectual property. She also explores female images and how we market cultural icons, from the doll that inspired all-American Barbie to the defiant, anti-establishment Bratzthe only doll to outsell Barbie in any year.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393254082
• Artikelnr.: 59593432

Autorenporträt

Orly Lobel is the Don Weckstein Professor of Law at the University of San Diego and received her doctoral and law degrees from Harvard University. When a child, she starred in her psychologist mother's studies on playing with Barbies. The award-winning author of Talent Wants to Be Free, she lives in La Jolla, California.