March 25, 2011
MGA Entertainment Inc. on Thursday asked a California federal judge to rule in its favor on Mattel Inc.'s conversion claims in the companies' seven-year dispute over the rights to Bratz dolls, which were designed by an MGA employee allegedly still under contract to Mattel.
February 11, 2011
Mattel Inc. has accused the head of MGA Entertainment Inc. of destroying evidence in their seven-year legal fight over the rights to Bratz dolls, which were designed by an MGA employee allegedly still under contract to Mattel.
January 14, 2011
After nearly seven years of litigation, the latest phase of Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc.'s bitterly fought intellectual property dispute is set to begin Tuesday, with the opening of the second trial over Mattel's allegations that MGA stole trade secrets related to the Bratz doll line.
January 12, 2011
A former Mattel Inc. employee has admitted that he made copies of confidential documents after accepting a job with rival toy company MGA Entertainment Inc.
November 15, 2010
A federal judge has refused to allow MGA Entertainment Inc. to collect documents from Mattel Inc.'s searchable e-mail archive database in the latest resolution of discovery disputes in a long-running intellectual property battle over Bratz dolls.
October 29, 2010
The federal judge overseeing the long-running intellectual property battle over Bratz dolls has ordered MGA Entertainment Inc. to turn over certain documents related to the alleged efforts of the company and its foreign associates to gain access to Mattel Inc.'s showrooms.
September 24, 2010
Mattel Inc. on Friday asked a federal court to strike recent counterclaims from MGA Entertainment Inc. alleging theft of trade secrets, the latest battle in the parties' long-running war over Bratz dolls.
August 10, 2009
Barbie manufacturer Mattel Inc. is seeking to compel further deposition of two executives at MGA Entertainment Inc. who allegedly stole trade secrets and perpetrated other wrongdoings.