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<h2>Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner: Don't You Ever Use My Name</h2>
A Fox news anchor is all set to sue a toy making company for $5 million (£3.2m) over a plastic hamster who shares the same name as her. Harris Faulkner, a co-host on Fox Outnumbered and anchor on Fox Report Weekend, launched a suit against the company Hasbros Inc. in the US District Court in New Jersey for "creating, manufacturing, and distributing for sale a plastic toy hamster named 'Harris Faulkner", according to the New York Post.
Faulkner claims it bears a "physical resemblance to [her] traditional professional appearance" and says she suffered "emotional damage" after the toy from the Littles Pet Shop range was released with the same name in 2014. The trace of the toy is gone from the website since the matter has been heated up; the sale of that toy has been stopped from the website. Faulkner’s suit claims the hamster toy "willfully and wrongfully appropriated Faulkner's unique and valuable name and distinctive persona for its own financial gain".
It is also revealed that Hasbro didn’t show the courtesy to seek permission before using someone’s name, personality, and identity. "Harris Faulkner, the uniquely named, acclaimed veteran journalist and author, has worked for decades to establish and maintain her personal brand and laudable professional reputation," her suit states. "Hasbro’s manufacture, sale, and distribution of the Harris Faulkner Hamster Doll is extremely concerning and distressing to Faulkner" and “has caused substantial commercial and emotional damage to [her]."
It looks like Hasbro seems the biggest fan of the William Shakespeare and took the statement seriously, "What's in a name".