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Litigation

May 23, 2009

No More Toying Around

Mediator Pierre-Richard Prosper says he is seeing success in the negotiations to settle the long-running and contentious intellectual property battle between Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. over the Bratz dolls.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - For five years, as their epic tug-of-war over the hugely popular Bratz dolls has intensified, Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. and their lawyers have met repeatedly with a court-appointed mediator to try to hash out a settlement to put the whole case behind them. But with huge amounts of money at stake and highly personal issues involved, Mattel's copyright spat with MGA over its edgy bran...

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