Mattel received a legal smackdown that could cost the company millions on Thursday, losing a protracted legal tug-of-war with rival toymaker Mga Entertainment Inc., Bloomberg reports. A jury in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, Calif., found that Mattel, contrary to its claims, did not own the sketches which laid out the concept for Mga’s popular Bratz dolls. Mattel had maintained that Bratz designer Carter Bryant had come up with the designs while working for Mattel and, thus, the company owned the sketches. Bryant countered that he had come up with the concept...
- 4/21/2011
- The Wrap
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