Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Barbie Clubs Bratz and Takes Her Money

Good decision. 

A federal jury awarded Mattel Inc. $100 million in damages on Tuesday in a federal copyright lawsuit that pitted the house of Barbie against MGA Entertainment Inc., the maker of the saucy Bratz dolls.

MGA and its chief executive officer, Isaac Larian, were told to pay a total of $90 million in three causes of action related to Mattel’s employment contract with designer Carter Bryant, who developed the Bratz concept.

The jury also ordered MGA, Larian and subsidiary MGA Hong Kong to pay a total of $10 million for copyright infringement.

Don’t worry about the folks at MGA.  Bratz net them $500 million a year. 

Posted by Owen at 2003 hrs
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  1. It shoulda cost ‘em $90K and 90 million Bratz dolls.  Those things are gosh-ugly.

    Posted by on August 26, 2008 at 2009 hrs


  2. It’s actually updated to 20 million.  I doubt that even begins to cover a portion of the legal costs Mattel incurred.
    http://bratzworld.livejournal.com/93434.html

    Posted by Bratz World on August 27, 2008 at 0100 hrs


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