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Jan. 29, 2009

Drawn and Cornered

A jury agrees that the maker of the popular Bratz doll stole the idea by using sketches provided by a designer working for a rival.

John Quinn says it's hard to pinpoint an exact moment when he knew his client, toy giant Mattel, would come out on top in a knock-down, drag-out war with rival MGA Entertainment over rights to the doe-eyed, teeny-bopper Bratz dolls.

"I don't think we ever had a setback," the name partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges said.

Last July, a federal court jury in Riverside sided with Mattel's allegations that MGA stole its idea for the Bratz franch...

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