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Duncan Toys
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Retail
Founded
November 15, 1929; 94 years ago (1929-11-15)
Headquarters
Middlefield, Ohio
Products
Yo-yos / Toys
Parent
Flambeau, Inc.
Website
duncantoys.com
Duncan Toys Company is an American toy manufacturer based in Middlefield, Ohio.[1] 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.[2][3][4] 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.[2] 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.[5] In 1968, Duncan Toys became a division of Flambeau.[6][7]
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.[8][9][10]
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^Whitheouse, Kaja (August 29, 2017). "Rubik's Cube creator sues maker of knockoff toy". Retrieved December 2, 2022.
^Stempel, Jonathan (August 29, 2017). "Rubik's Cube maker sues Duncan Toys, Toys "R" Us over knock-off cube". Reuters. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
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