Duncan_Toys_Company
Duncan Toys Company
American Toy Company
The Duncan Toys Company is an American toy manufacturer based in Middlefield, Ohio[citation needed]. The company was founded in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan Sr. and purchased the Flores Yo-Yo Company from Pedro Flores, who brought the yo-yo to the United States from the Philippines.[1][2][3] Duncan popularized the yo-yo through competitions that spread throughout the country, promoted in publications by William Randolph Hearst in exchange for a requirement that contestants had to sell subscriptions to Hearst newspapers as a condition of entry.[1] In 1965, a federal court ruled that Duncan did not have exclusive rights to the word "yo-yo" because the word had become a part of common speech.[4] In 1968, Duncan Toys became a division of Flambeau.[5][6]
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In 2017, the makers of Rubik's Cube sued Duncan Toys Company over their "Quick Cube," alleging that the toy “mimics the features and overall appearance’’ of the Rubik's Cube puzzle.[7][8][9]