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Intellectual Property

Jun. 6, 2012

Mattel challenges Bratz award

The battle over Mattel Inc.'s appeal of rival toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.'s $310 million judgment is heating up, with Mattel filing papers contending the award is based on inaccurate damages and attorney fees calculations

By Jason W. Armstrong< br/> Daily Journal Staff Writer

The battle over Mattel Inc.'s appeal of rival toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.'s $310 million judgment in the protracted Bratz litigation is heating up. Mattel filed papers May 29 urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the August 2011 award because a big chunk of it constitutes attorney fees based on allegedly inaccurate billing invoices from MGA law firms and damages calculations by the trial court. Quinn Em...

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