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

  1. May 10, 2023

    TI Wants $100M From MGA In OMG IP Trial, Jurors Told

    Rapper T.I. is seeking $100 million from toy company MGA Entertainment over a popular line of dolls that allegedly copied the name and look of a pop group he oversaw, a California federal jury heard Wednesday, in a dispute that restarted following a mistrial that also included an attorney being accused of racism.

  2. May 09, 2023

    TI's Lyrics, Criminal History Restricted In Doll IP Retrial

    A jury empaneled on Tuesday for a retrial between T.I. and MGA Entertainment over a line of dolls will be severely limited from hearing evidence about his criminal history, profane lyrics or allegations of sexual assault against him and his wife, Tiny Harris, a California federal judge ruled.

  3. May 01, 2023

    Racism Allegations By T.I.'s Atty Won't Result In Sanctions

    A California federal judge on Monday denied MGA Entertainment's request to sanction an attorney representing hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tiny Harris for alleging the company's lawyer engaged in "racist behavior" during an intellectual property mistrial over a line of dolls, saying that a "new trial turns a new leaf."

  4. March 01, 2023

    MGA Says T.I.'s Atty Plays Race Card For 'Tactical Advantage'

    MGA Entertainment is continuing to encourage a California federal judge to sanction an attorney for hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris, saying racism allegations made against MGA's attorney in their intellectual property battle is a bad faith effort to gain a "tactical advantage" in the retrial.

  5. February 21, 2023

    T.I.'s Atty Defends Calling Out 'Racist Behavior' By MGA Atty

    A Winston & Strawn LLP attorney representing hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris urged a California federal judge not to issue sanctions over her allegations about MGA Entertainment's counsel during an intellectual property mistrial, saying the white attorney's N-word use was observed by many to be "racist behavior."

  6. February 15, 2023

    MGA Wants T.I.'s Atty Sanctioned Over Racism Allegations

    MGA Entertainment urged a California federal judge to sanction a Winston & Strawn LLP attorney for alleging the company's lawyer is racist, the latest fallout from an increasingly contentious intellectual property battle between the toy manufacturer and hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris.

  7. February 02, 2023

    MGA Atty's N-Word Use Looms Over Doll Retrial Featuring T.I.

    MGA Entertainment indicated Thursday it will seek to introduce vulgar rap lyrics and allegations of criminal behavior connected to hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris in a May retrial of their intellectual property battle over a line of popular dolls, a strategy the Harrises say is racist.

  8. January 25, 2023

    Barred Testimony Sparks Mistrial In IP Battle Over OMG Dolls

    An intellectual property battle between hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tameka Harris and toymaker MGA Entertainment over its O.M.G. Dolls collection ended in mistrial Wednesday after a California federal judge found that "shortcomings" on everyone's part, "including the court," led to jurors hearing inadmissible statements from a witness who said people steal from Black communities.

  9. January 24, 2023

    MGA Seeks OMG Dolls Mistrial Over Cultural Theft Testimony

    MGA Entertainment moved for a mistrial Tuesday in its intellectual property fight with T.I. and Tameka Harris over its O.M.G. Dolls collection after the musicians' lawyer played California jurors video testimony of a witness who complained that people often "steal" from Black communities — a subject the judge had ruled inadmissible.

  10. January 20, 2023

    Tiny Harris On Stand Walks Back Claim MGA Sought Doll Deal

    During her second day on the witness stand in California federal court over her intellectual property dispute with MGA Entertainment Inc., singer-songwriter Tameka "Tiny" Harris walked back a key allegation in her counterclaim that MGA made a line of dolls based on her pop group OMG Girlz even after seeking — and failing — to secure a licensing deal.

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