DOWN WITH BARNEY and his little lawyer too!
Barney the dinosaur sued after legal threats | CNET News.com:
Barney, the plush purple saurian, likes to sing about love, hugs and kisses.
But the dinosaur's lawyers have taken precisely the opposite view when threatening Web sites that display less-than-flattering images of the plump T-Rex--a legal tactic that finally led to a lawsuit on Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The suit, filed in federal district court in New York, argues that trademark claims by Barney's owners have threatened "free expression rights" by trying to rid the Internet of Barney parodies and negative depictions. The trademark is owned by Lyons Partnership.