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Intellectual Property

Dec. 28, 2010

Each Side Gets a Little in Bratz Ruling

Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment each walked away with victories as part of a lengthy summary judgment ruling late Wednesday in the Bratz intellectual property fight.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment each walked away with small but potentially significant victories from a lengthy summary judgment ruling issued late Wednesday in the Bratz intellectual property fight.


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter decided to let jurors next month hear many of Mattel's claims accusing MGA of wrongly developing the Bratz dolls based on sketches and prototypes created ...

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