Pharmacy chain Farmacias Similares is taking Mattel to court, claiming Mattel's Barbie doll is an unauthorized departure from established aesthetic norms for Mexican dolls. The rotund Dr. Simi mascot is, of course, not pleased about this.

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MEXICO CITY — Farmacias Similares, the pharmaceutical chain behind Dr. Simi — the beloved, rotund, mustachioed mascot whose foam effigy is hurled at concert stages with a frequency that suggests it is Mexico's national pastime — filed suit against Mattel Inc. on Thursday, claiming the California toy giant violated its exclusive intellectual property rights by producing a Barbie doll in the likeness of Mexican NASCAR driver Regina Sirvent without first obtaining written consent from a dancing pha...