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MGA Entertainment Inc. v. Clifford T.I. Harris et al

  1. September 15, 2023

    Rapper T.I., Tiny Harris Granted 3rd Doll IP Trial Against MGA

    Rapper T.I. and his wife were granted a third trial in their $100 million intellectual property suit over a line of MGA Entertainment dolls when a California federal judge held Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling meant jurors had been erroneously instructed.

  2. September 11, 2023

    MGA Argues Jack Daniel's Ruling Doesn't Require 3rd T.I. Trial

    MGA Entertainment urged a California federal judge Monday to reconsider his tentative order requiring a third trial in rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property suit against the toy maker, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court's "narrow" holding in the Jack Daniel's trademark case doesn't apply and that the jurors were correctly instructed.

  3. September 08, 2023

    T.I.-MGA IP Fight May Get 3rd Trial After Jack Daniel's Ruling

    The California federal judge overseeing rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property suit against MGA Entertainment teed up a possible third trial in the case, writing in a tentative order ahead of a hearing Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling means jurors were erroneously instructed.

  4. August 01, 2023

    MGA Says Jack Daniel's Ruling Doesn't Call For New Doll Trial

    MGA Entertainment on Tuesday slammed a new trial bid by a girl group managed by rapper T.I. on claims it ripped off the group's image for its line of dolls, arguing that the Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's dog toy decision does not bar its First Amendment defense or warrant a do-over.

  5. July 14, 2023

    After Jury Trial Loss, T.I.'s Girl Group Plots Appeal To 9th Circ.

    A pop group managed by the rapper T.I. plans on asking the Ninth Circuit to decide if the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling should give it another chance to convince a jury that a toy company allegedly ripped off the group's image for a line of dolls.

  6. June 27, 2023

    MGA Seeks $6M In Atty Fees After Win Over TI In Doll Trial

    MGA Entertainment has asked a California federal judge to approve over $6 million in attorney fees it seeks for its intellectual property jury trial win over hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tiny Harris, arguing the fees are warranted because of the "exceptionally contentious" way their counsel behaved.

  7. May 28, 2023

    MGA Beats Rapper T.I.'s $100M IP Theft Suit At Trial

    A California federal jury found Friday that MGA Entertainment's O.M.G. dolls do not infringe the trade dress or misappropriate the name, likeness or identity of the OMG Girlz pop group co-owned by rapper T.I., marking the end of a contentious $100 million legal battle that involved accusations of racism and extortion.

  8. May 25, 2023

    MGA Boss Says T.I.'s 'Total Lie' No Comparison To Mattel Row

    MGA Entertainment CEO Isaac Larian on Thursday fiercely rejected arguments that T.I.'s copyright suit against his company is comparable to MGA's epic legal battle with Mattel and other lawsuits his company has filed, telling a California jury the rapper's suit is a "false and a total lie" and "extortion."

  9. May 24, 2023

    OMG Dolls Confused With T.I.'s OMG Girlz? Surveys Say 0%

    Zero percent of consumers confused MGA Entertainment's O.M.G. dolls with the pop group OMG Girlz or found a likeness, according to MGA-commissioned surveys presented Wednesday to a California federal jury deciding an intellectual property dispute between the company and hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tiny Harris.

  10. May 23, 2023

    Toy Designer Tells Jury About T.I. Sex Assault Allegations

    A toy designer for MGA Entertainment testified Tuesday in an intellectual property dispute between T.I., Tiny Harris and MGA that she would never base a doll on a pop group associated with the hip hop moguls due to serious sexual assault allegations made against them.