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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Dec. 12, 2009

Circuit Acts Swiftly In Bratz Case

It took just four hours from the time MGA Entertainment asked a federal appeals court to overturn trial court rulings handing the Bratz brand to Mattel for the panel to stay the decisions late Wednesday.

By Jason W. Armstrong

Daily Journal Staff Writer

It took just four hours from the time MGA Entertainment asked a federal appeals court to overturn trial court rulings handing the Bratz brand to Mattel Inc. for the panel to stay the decisions late Wednesday.

The surprise move in the longstanding intellectual property battle, along with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal panel's apparent skepticism of some of those rulings...

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