Canada court rules Barbie is “superficial and bland.” Huzzah!

In what is clearly a triumph for common sense over trademark law, Canada's high court has decided that consumers won't confuse the lumps of plastic with the independent Montreal chain of Barbie restaurants.

Reuters reports that Justice Ian Binnie wrote, "There is no evidence that adult consumers would consider a doll manufacturer to be a source of good food, still less that the Barbie trademark would be understood to guarantee … 'character and quality'."

He quoted a dictionary definition of Barbie doll as "a female who is superficially attractive in a conventional way, especially with blue eyes and blond hair, but who lacks personality."

"In that regard, the association of the Barbie doll with food might be taken as a warning of blandness," Binnie jibed.

As a result of this ruling I am moving to Canada and opening a chain of GI Joe pastry shops. So there.