Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
The legal battle between Mattel, the company that manufactures Barbie, and its competitor MGA Entertainment, which makes Bratz dolls, has been raging for several years. It seems that Carter Bryant, who designed the sassy, multicultural Bratz line, conceptualized the dolls while on the clock for Mattel. The original lawsuit ended in August, with MGA forced to pay Mattel $100 million in...
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... those already in stores. Mattel also wants the Bratz name. ( Quick refresher: Mattel alleged that Carter Bryant, the designer who sold the Bratz idea to MGA, dreamed up the doll while still under contract with Mattel.) “The benefit that was developed belongs to Mattel,” said Judge Stephen Larson at the beginning of Monday’s hearing. “Anything that Carter Bryant created...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
But like everything else in this four-year legal battle, the issues were complex. At the hearing in U.S. District Court in Riverside, the basic question came down to just how much Mattel was owed -- even after a copyright infringement win -- for a brand it didn't develop.Mattel argued that MGA's success with the Bratz line all stemmed from the fact that it lured away a Barbie designer, Carter...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The motion for an injunction was filed after a federal jury ruled that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant came up with the edgy concept while working for Mattel. The same jury later awarded Mattel $10 million for copyright infringement and $90 million for breach of contract after a trial that ended in August.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The motion for an injunction was filed after a federal jury ruled that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant came up with the edgy concept while working for Mattel. The same jury later awarded Mattel $10 million for copyright infringement and $90 million for breach of contract after a trial that ended in August.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... January post the holiday season," Larson said.Mattel sued former Barbie designer and Bratz creator Carter Bryant in 2004, claiming he had illegally sold Bratz concept drawings to MGA while he was still under contract to Mattel.In the same lawsuit, Mattel accused MGA of interfering with its contractual relationship with Bryant by secretly buying the drawings and using Mattel...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... motion for an injunction was filed after a federal jury ruled that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant came up with the edgy concept while working for Mattel. The same jury later awarded Mattel $10 million for copyright infringement and $90 million for breach of contract after a lengthy trial that ended in August.The current dispute centers on whether the jury found that only the first...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... motion for an injunction was filed after a federal jury ruled that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant came up with the edgy concept while working for Mattel. The same jury later awarded Mattel $10 million for copyright infringement and $90 million for breach of contract after a trial that ended in August.The current dispute centers on whether the jury found that only the first generation...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Attorneys for Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, are scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson on Monday and ask him to ban competitor MGA Entertainment Inc. from making the pouty-lipped Bratz dolls. They also want all Bratz products impounded and destroyed.The motion for an injunction was filed after a federal jury ruled that Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant...
WayOdd (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... on the Barbie-look-alike dolls, but MGA said it did not exceed $405.4 million.Bratz doll designer Carter Bryant used to be employed by Mattel and he was accused of pirating the design of Barbie.Sean McGowan, a Needham & Company analyst, said the issue between the two doll manufacturing firms was property rights. "If Bratz were a tenth of how big it is and Barbie never went down, you'd...
