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Intellectual Property

Jul. 20, 2023

Opponents call toymaker’s $6M fee request ‘gratuitous’

Attorneys at Keller/Anderle LLP and Umberg Zipser LLP, who successfully defended MGA Entertainment at trial in May, are asking for $5.25 million under the “exceptional case” provision of the Lanham Act.

Toymaker MGA Entertainment Inc.’s request for more than $6 million in attorney fees is gratuitous and unsubstantiated, according to a motion filed Tuesday by lawyers representing a former pop group in an intellectual property dispute.

Attorneys at Keller/Anderle LLP and Umberg Zipser LLP, who successfully defended MGA Entertainment at trial in May, are asking for $5.25 million under the “exceptional case” provision of the Lanham Act, the ma...

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