Fox News anchor sues Hasbro over toy hamster with her name

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FILE - In this April 28, 2015, file photo, Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner poses for a photo on the set in New York. Harris sued toymaker Hasbro Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in federal court in New Jersey for more than $5 million over a toy that shares her name. Harris' suit claims Hasbro wrongfully appropriated her name and persona with its plastic "Harris Faulkner" hamster. Photo: Richard Drew, AP / AP
Photo: Richard Drew, AP


This June 23, 2015 photo released by the Hogan Lovells law firm shows toys from Hasbro's "Littlest Pet Shop" line in New York, including characters named Benson Detwyler and Harris Faulkner. Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner sued Hasbro Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, in federal court in New Jersey for more than $5 million over the toy that shares her name. Harris' suit claims Hasbro wrongfully appropriated her name and persona with its plastic "Harris Faulkner" hamster. (Patsy Wilson/Hogan Lovells via AP Photo)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An anchor for Fox News is suing Hasbro for more than $5 million over a toy hamster that shares her name — and possibly even her resemblance.

Harris Faulkner sued Hasbro this week over its plastic Harris Faulkner hamster, sold as part of the Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based company's popular Littlest Pet Shop line. She says the toy wrongfully appropriates her name and persona, harms her professional credibility as a journalist and is an insult.

"Hasbro's portrayal of Faulkner as a rodent is demeaning and insulting," says the lawsuit, which was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in New Jersey.

Faulkner has been at Fox News for a decade. She hosts the daytime show "Outnumbered" and anchors a Sunday evening newscast.

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Faulkner is seeking $5 million in damages and attorney fees, plus any profits the company made on the toy.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Fox-News-anchor-sues-Hasbro-over-toy-hamster-with-6480548.php#photo-8570783

[font color=330099]I wonder if Harris Faulkner is one of the people that promote lawsuit reform? Hasbro apparently has trademarked the name so this could be interesting...[/font]

[pscot]

1. It does have her eyes

OTOH, screw Hasbro.

[LisaL]

2. I don't see much of a resemblance between her and the hamster.

[Kaleva]

3. If Richard Gere calls her, she'd then have a case.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Hasbro should lose

but criminy, working ten years for FAUX Snooze is more demeaning than having a toy hamster named after you.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Nope, can't see the resemblance

[fifthoffive]

6. That's a hamster?

Never heard of Harris Faulkner.

Why isn't Benson Detwyler suing Hasbro too? And what kind of animal is s/he?

Those names look like they came out of a random name generator.

[B Calm]

7. Does a person own a copyright of their name?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

8. Remember when conservatives pretended to be against "frivolous lawsuits?"

That was hilarious.

[surrealAmerican]

9. The toy company is in the wrong here.

If it is a coincidence, they could have at least done a search on the name, to make sure they weren't using the name of a known person.

The only resemblance I see is the false eyelashes.

[ladyVet]

10. Hm. Looks like they've trademarked her name. That could be awkward.

They could sue her for using her own name.

And she's upset because they made her a hamster? Me, I'd be so tickled I'd buy a gross or two, hand them out everywhere I went.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. I've heard that among some Frenchmen,

"hamster" can be used as an insult

[dembotoz]

11. More of a ratface

[pintobean]

13. I think she's pretty.

A ratface? Wow.