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Intellectual Property

May 12, 2023

R&B singer questioned about mark claim against dollmaker

MGA Entertainment has denied the claims against it and its attorneys maintain that the company’s dolls that allegedly look like the OMG Girlz were manufactured years before the group was created.

One of the attorneys defending toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc. pressed R&B singer Tameka “Tiny” Harris on her real motives for applying for trademark protection for dolls modeled on a former pop group she managed.

She is suing for more than $300 million in a federal intellectual property lawsuit that claims a brand of MGA dolls copy the look of the defunct pop group.

Keller/Anderle LLP partner Chase A. Scoln...

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