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Pouty-lipped Bratz will stay on store shelves until after the holidays, but their fate after that _ and that of their parent, MGA Entertainment Inc. _ was uncertain Thursday after a federal court ruling banning MGA from making the saucy Barbie alternative
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A federal judge has upheld a $100 million jury verdict for Mattel Inc. in a lengthy legal battle over rights to the Bratz doll, a rival to Mattel’s Barbie.
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The judge who barred MGA Entertainment Inc. from selling or making its popular Bratz dolls agreed Tuesday to extend a deadline he set for the company to take the...
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AP, Los Angeles
A federal judge has banned MGA Entertainment Inc. from making and selling its hugely popular Bratz dolls in a sweeping decision that rival Mattel Inc. hailed as a major...
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A judge on Wednesday granted an injunction sought by toy maker Mattel Inc. that bars rival MGA Entertainment Inc. from manufacturing or selling its popular pouty-lipped...
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AP, Riverside
The maker of Barbie dolls is taking the next step in its lengthy quest to sweep the rival Bratz line from toy store shelves, after winning $100 million in a copyright...
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AP, Riverside
A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the...
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A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $40 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the...
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AP, Riverside
A federal jury has awarded Mattel Inc. $40 million in damages in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker...
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AP, Riverside
A federal jury has awarded Mattel Inc. $40 million in damages in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker...
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AP, Riverside
Grown men argued over dolls for six hours as they wrapped up a federal trial pitting the maker of the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls against the house of Barbie _ a lawsuit...
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A lawyer for the maker of Bratz dolls sought a mistrial Friday in a copyright infringement case brought by Mattel Inc. after a juror was dismissed for allegedly making...
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The maker of Bratz dolls said Friday he will seek a mistrial over an ethnic slur made by a juror who has been dismissed from the copyright infringement case brought by...
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Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc., the world’s largest toymaker, in its copyright infringement lawsuit...
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The rights to the popular Bratz doll franchise belong to Mattel Inc., not a rival toymaker that stole the concept that became a global darling among consumers, a lawyer...
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