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Top Verdicts

Feb. 16, 2012

Top Defense Verdicts--Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc.


Keller believes you don't have to be an expert in any particular area of the law to win your case. But you do need to know how to bring it home to a jury of just plain folks.


That's what she managed to do in the long-fought battle between Mattel Inc. and MGA Entertainment Inc. over rights to the popular Bratz doll. Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc., 04-9049, (C.D. Cal.).


Mattel had filed suit against MCA, alleging copyright infringeme...

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