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Entertainment & Sports

Dec. 2, 2014

Mattel could use time defense in epic Bratz litigation

A probable third jury trial between Mattel and MGA about Bratz dolls and trade espionage could hinge on whether MGA's window to sue has run out.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Lawyers have nearly run out of superlatives to describe the ever-unfolding litigation between rival toymakers Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. that has persevered amid mammoth shifts in the fashion doll economy and cost hundreds of millions of dollars in attorney fees. But it looks like the two are on a path to war again over MGA's Bratz dolls.


Los Angeles County Superior Cou...

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