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"&lt;img alt=\"1203_Niki-Ghazian_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/03/1203-niki-ghazian-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;\"&lt;strong&gt;Shahs of Sunset&lt;/strong&gt;\" producers want to school an FHM model on the law -- telling her she has no right to sue over her handle \"Persian Barbie\" ... because Mattel trademarked the name a looong time ago!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... Persian model&lt;strong&gt; Niki Ghazian &lt;/strong&gt;(&lt;em&gt;above&lt;/em&gt;) &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/02/shahs-of-sunset-bravo-niki-ghazian-lily-ghalichi-cease-desist-letter/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;accused the reality TV show&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; of illegally using her self-proclaimed moniker, \"Persian Barbie\" ... for new cast member &lt;strong&gt;Lilly Ghalichi&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now&lt;strong&gt; Berne Productions&lt;/strong&gt; -- a subsidiary of&lt;strong&gt; Ryan Seacrest Prod&lt;/strong&gt;. -- is responding to Niki's cease and desist letter with its own docs claiming she has no stake to the Barbie trademark. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berne argues the term \"Barbie\" is 100% owned by Mattel -- and adds, \"Any claim that Ms. Ghazian has acquired any property rights to a term that is a basic derivative of \"Barbie\" (i.e. \"Persian Barbie\") is unsound and not defensible.\" Aka ... go kick rocks, Ms. Ghazian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berne also claims 'Shahs' isn't violating Mattel's trademark because \"Persian Barbie\" is merely descriptive of Lilly's rockin' bod. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Exhibit A ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1206-lilly-ghalichi-getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/12/06/1206-lilly-ghalichi-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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