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Litigation

Dec. 21, 2013

MGA may take Bratz doll fight to state court

Should the feuding toymakers Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. wish to continue their decadelong battle of the dolls, they'll have to try their case from square one in state court.


By Giles Clarke


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Should the feuding toymakers Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. wish to continue their decadelong battle of the dolls, they'll have to try their case from square one in state court.


U.S. District Judge David O. Carter this week ruled that MGA, maker of Bratz dolls, cannot revive the trade-secret claims that an appellate court threw out on procedural grounds in January, effectively shutting th...

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