May 26, 2011
MGA Entertainment Inc. on Thursday asked a California federal judge to level $177 million in punitive damages against Mattel Inc. in a trade secrets and contract battle over a former Mattel employee's idea for Bratz dolls, saying only a large award would deter the toy giant from spying on rivals.
May 25, 2011
Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. on Wednesday each asked a California federal judge to reverse parts of a jury verdict in their fight over whether a former Mattel employee breached a contract when he took his idea for Bratz dolls to MGA.
May 24, 2011
MGA Entertainment Inc. said Monday it wants Mattel to cough up $431 million following its victory in California federal court in a suit alleging an employee stole the idea for Bratz dolls, a figure that includes $162 million in attorneys' fees and costs.
May 19, 2011
Mattel Inc. on Thursday asked a California federal court to force MGA Entertainment Inc. to hand over unredacted attorney billing records related to MGA's successful defense of trade secret appropriation regarding its Bratz line of dolls.
May 10, 2011
MGA Entertainment Inc. asked a California federal judge on Friday to award costs and attorneys' fees for its successful defense against trade secret and copyright claims by Mattel Inc. over a former employee's alleged theft of the idea for Bratz dolls.
April 21, 2011
Mattel Inc. said MGA Entertainment Inc. prejudiced jurors with tall tales that the Barbie maker killed the father of MGA founder Isaac Larian and gave Bratz creator Carter Bryant a stroke to win an $88.4 million award in California on Thursday.
April 21, 2011
Mattel Inc. misappropriated trade secrets related to MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz line of dolls — not the other way around — a federal jury in California ruled Thursday, reversing a previous verdict and delivering an $88.4 million victory to MGA.
April 20, 2011
A California federal judge said that on Thursday he would announce the jury verdict that was reached Wednesday in Mattel Inc.'s epic intellectual property and breach-of-contract feud with MGA Entertainment Inc. over the ownership of Bratz dolls.
April 08, 2011
A toy designer committed one of the biggest intellectual property heists ever when he thought up Bratz dolls while working at Mattel Inc. and took it to MGA Entertainment Inc., the toy giant's attorney asserted in closing arguments Friday before a California federal jury.
March 29, 2011
A California federal court on Monday ruled against Mattel Inc.'s claim that rival MGA Entertainment Inc. induced a group of former Mattel employees to breach a duty of loyalty in the toymakers' ongoing battle over the development of Bratz dolls.