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The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Don’t Mess With Fun

The Famous Chicken, a fan-favorite performer at sporting events, deals a blow to a member of his touring group dressed as a player at a Madison Black Wolf game in Madison, Wis., earlier this week. The owners of Barney, the purple dinosaur of kiddie fame, have filed a copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit against the Chicken for ridiculing and assaulting a character looking suspiciously like Barney during appearances at baseball and basketball games across the country.