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Broad Injunction Issued in Toy Infringement Case

In December, U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson of the Central District of California granted Mattel a sweeping injunction that essentially shuts down MGA's Bratz operation. Larson ordered MGA to cease manufacturing, marketing and selling almost every doll in the Bratz line, as well as any ancillary product that makes use of images of those dolls. He also ordered MGA, at its own expense, to deliver all infringing dolls and products to Mattel for impoundment.

20 minute read December 22, 2008 at 10:16 AM
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Alison Frankel
Broad Injunction Issued in Toy Infringement Case

Back in August, when Mattel Inc. won $100 million in damages from the federal jury that decided Mattel's highly publicized copyright infringement case against MGA Entertainment Inc., the verdict was widely regarded as a disappointment for Mattel, which had requested more than $1 billion in damages following the jury's finding that MGA's hugely successful Bratz dolls were based on designs by a Mattel employee.

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