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Fox News anchor who shares same name as hamster toy sues Hasbro for $5M
New York Daily News ^ | September 1, 2015 | Dareh Gregorian

Posted on 09/02/2015 7:42:43 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A Fox News anchor says she’s no hamster—or choking hazard.

In papers filed in New Jersey Federal Court, Harris Faulkner says she’s suffered “substantial commercial and emotional damage” from a plastic hamster doll that shares her name.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: faulkner; hamster; harrisfaulkner; hasbro; lawsuit; toy
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1 posted on 09/02/2015 7:42:43 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Damages would seem to me to be worth about $12.84.


2 posted on 09/02/2015 7:45:20 AM PDT by PATRIOT1876 (The only crimes that are 100% preventable are those committed by illegal aliens)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Oh, come on. This is ridiculous, unless the toy is somehow linked to her by a picture or some other likeness making it an identifiable caricature of her. And even then, she’s a public personality who should be able to take it.


3 posted on 09/02/2015 7:46:13 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: ConservativeStatement
Dont see the resemblance but the name is a WTF.


4 posted on 09/02/2015 7:46:16 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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To: ConservativeStatement

What’s next, a plastic Megyn Kelly doll that gets her period?


5 posted on 09/02/2015 7:47:44 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ConservativeStatement
I've admired Harris over the years, a real professional.

But this seems nothing more than something that hurt her ego.

6 posted on 09/02/2015 7:48:42 AM PDT by PROCON
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To: Wilderness Conservative

What the hell is a “Deco-bit”???


7 posted on 09/02/2015 7:48:59 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: ConservativeStatement

I remember her from Kansas City.

The toy has her eyes.


8 posted on 09/02/2015 7:49:16 AM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

“What the hell is a “Deco-bit”???”

Wherever.


9 posted on 09/02/2015 7:49:48 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: ConservativeStatement

At least it wasn’t a gerbil.


10 posted on 09/02/2015 7:51:03 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Ah...reperations.


11 posted on 09/02/2015 7:51:36 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: PATRIOT1876

I’m probably the odd FReeper out on this one, but I think she has a case. Her name is her “brand”. Seems to me if the company wants to market a toy with her brand, she should have been consulted and a contract signed for royalties.


12 posted on 09/02/2015 7:51:45 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: PROCON

Protecting her brand. Some lawyer may have talked her into it.


13 posted on 09/02/2015 7:52:07 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

WTF? This had to be intentional.


14 posted on 09/02/2015 7:53:00 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Seriously? What kind of damage could be done by having a cute little toy with the same name. Disappointing. I thought she was more sensible than this.

I’m willing to bet nobody even was aware of this until now.


15 posted on 09/02/2015 7:53:41 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: FlingWingFlyer

For Sure


16 posted on 09/02/2015 7:54:55 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Hasbro has Trade Marked the Harris Faulkner toy name? OH BOUY!


17 posted on 09/02/2015 7:55:36 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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18 posted on 09/02/2015 7:55:44 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: JudyinCanada

They had to be. I’ve been involved in product naming. It’s insane some of the gyrations that need to be checked. As a public personality, the first google search would have taken care of it.


19 posted on 09/02/2015 7:55:55 AM PDT by cyclotic
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To: ConservativeStatement
This is what Fox has become.

From the presumptive challenger in the news realm, touting a conservative voice, to just another leftist network who's anchors sue for absolutely no reason.

This lawsuit should be countersued by Hasbro for causing THEM duress. She should lose that countersuit, and badly.

20 posted on 09/02/2015 7:56:21 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Ok. We won't call them 'Anchor Babies'. From now on, we shall call them 'Fetal Grappling Hooks'.)
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