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Intellectual Property

Apr. 12, 2011

Closing Arguments Held in Bratz Trial

In closing arguments Friday in the epic Bratz intellectual property war, a lawyer for MGA Entertainment said Mattel Inc.'s overriding mission in launching the suit seeking control of the famous doll line was to snuff out its chief competition.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - During closing arguments Friday in the epic Bratz intellectual property war, a lawyer for MGA Entertainment said Mattel Inc.'s overriding mission in launching the suit seeking control of the famous doll line was to snuff out its chief competitor.


But MGA is still standing at the conclusion of the years-long battle, and legal experts who have kept tabs on the dramatic twists and ...

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