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Intellectual Property

Mar. 25, 2011

Bratz Case Exposes Toy Industry Spying

An Orange County federal court jury this week got a rare inside look at the hyper-competitiveness of the toy industry in the fiercely litigated Bratz doll war.


By Jason Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - An Orange County federal jury this week got a rare inside look at the hyper-competitiveness of the toy industry in the fiercely litigated Bratz doll war.


The panel got to hear a former Mattel Inc. employee testify to running a covert in-house division aimed at collecting private information about MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz and other brands.


Sal Villasenor, an 18-year...

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