LA Times (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
A court verdict against MCA didn't settle the question of whether it can continue to sell the popular doll. The federal jury award in the legal battle between Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. left a key issue unresolved: Can MGA continue to market the popular Bratz doll line?
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
When is $100 million dollars chump change? When the plaintiffs in a lawsuit were hoping to be awarded $2 billion dollars in damages. Things have not been going well for our girl Barbie. Ever since the Bratz came to town sales have been plummeting.
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
When is $100 million dollars chump change? When the plaintiffs in a lawsuit were hoping to be awarded $2 billion dollars in damages. Things have not been going well for our girl Barbie. Ever since the Bratz came to town sales have been plummeting.
Strollerderby (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The headline of the Los Angeles Times business section read “Mattel Wins Skimpy Damages in Bratz Doll Case”. How much is skimpy? Well I guess in plastic doll circles, 100 million dollars is considered skimpy. That’s some math I can’t even begin to comprehend. But Mattel had asked for 1.8 billon so they ended up with only about 5.5% of what they really wanted and felt that they deserved. Why was Mattel...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
She may be on the verge of celebrating her 50th birthday, but Barbie has proven she's still got what it takes when it comes to teaching younger upstarts a thing or two.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
"The jury found that at some point the dolls infringed, but the question is, was it the earlier dolls or the later dolls or all of them?" said Oren Warshavsky, an intellectual property attorney who has followed the case closely. "Without a special verdict form, it's difficult to see how an injunction would be styled."
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
The $100 million jury award in the three-month legal battle between Mattel Inc. and Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc. left one key issue unresolved.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
The makers of the Barbie doll were awarded £50.4 million yesterday in copyright infringement damages from the firm that produces Bratz dolls.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
The $100 million jury award in the three-month legal battle between Mattel Inc. and Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc. left one key issue unresolved.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
A CAT-FIGHT between the creators of Barbie and her rivals, the sultry Bratz dolls, has ended in a $100 million verdict following a legal showdown that brought trouble to toy-t
Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
A federal jury has awarded Mattel $100 million in that infringemant lawsuit over the Bratz dolls against MGA. Read more here.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Toy firm Mattel, which makes the skinny doll, wins $100m in damages against the makers of rival Bratz. More4 News reports.
Truemors (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Bratz and Barbie share a few physical characteristics, like abnormally large body parts and perfectly arched eyebrows, but the two popular doll lines also shared one vital link that has landed Mattel enough money to buy a boatload of Barbie Mansions. The link is Carter Bryant, creator of Bratz dolls who was under contract with [...]
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Mattel beats Bratz, for a change.
MultiCultClassics (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Dolled up with a MultiCultClassics Monologue… • A federal jury awarded Barbie dollmaker Mattel $100 million in the copyright case against Bratz dollmaker MGA Entertainment. Look for Barbie to buy a few more dream houses and a new ride for Ken. • Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm will hold a hearing next week to decide whether or not to oust Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. While the two are both Democrats,...
