Corporate
Mar. 5, 2011
Bratz Judge Wants Mattel CEO to Watch Trial
In an unusual turn of events, a federal judge appeared to order Mattel Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bob Eckert to be present every day for the duration of the intellectual property war over the Bratz dolls.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In an unusual turn of events, a federal judge appeared to order Mattel Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bob Eckert to be present every day for the duration of the intellectual property war over the Bratz dolls. This came after a tense exchange between lawyers and the judge about how Eckert's previous absence looked in front of the jury.
Legal observers called it a rare situation, but one unlike...
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