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Law Practice

Dec. 16, 2008

In Latest Bratz Chapter, Doll Maker Seeks a Longer Shelf Life

In motions, MGA lawyers said U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson's rulings raise "serious" and "novel" legal questions that the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should decide before the highly popular doll line is taken off store shelves.

By Jason Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - In the latest salvo in the Barbie vs. Bratz courtroom drama, lawyers for MGA Entertainment have asked a federal judge to stay his grant of Mattel's request to strip Bratz from MGA for potentially several months beyond his February timetable.

In their motion filed late Thursday, MGA lawyers took issue with a host of U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson's rulings in the protracted legal bat...

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