Litigation & Arbitration
May 11, 2023
Doll maker didn’t copy defunct girl band, attorney tells jury
After receiving a cease and desist letter in 2020 from rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris, who managed the OMG Girlz until the group’s disbandment in 2015, MGA Entertainment sued for declaratory relief that the company did not infringe on the Harris’ intellectual property rights when designing its “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G.” dolls and can continue to sell them.
Bratz doll maker MGA Entertainment Inc. has been releasing dolls with trendy and bold looks for over 20 years, long before teen pop group OMG Girlz came along in 2009, MGA Entertainment’s lead counsel told a federal jury Wednesday.
“The so-called unique trade dress that the OMG Girlz had was far from unique. It was already out there, and we were one of the sources of it,” Keller/Anderle LLP founding partner Jennifer L. Keller asserted in h...
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