There's a documentary on Amazon Prime Video about a company called Lisa Frank. I had never heard of it before, but apparently it's well-known among people in a certain age group - "90s kids."
It's an interesting and strange story.
The company made stickers and school supplies decorated with pictures (drawings / cartoons) of things that make people happy - unicorns, baby animals with big eyes, etc.
The business starts in the 1980s and then gets really big in the 1990s.
First comes the exciting, creative activities, then comes expansion and high profits, then their office / plant becomes a toxic work environment, then it ends in lawsuits and divorce.
Later, in the 2000s, a small company started by friends in New York City contacts Lisa Frank and goes into some kind of licensing agreement with her, and then that ends in one or more lawsuits that appear to be still going on.
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