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Carter Bryant v. Mattel Inc

  1. December 20, 2013

    Mattel Can't Duck $137M In Legal Fees In Bratz Row

    A California federal judge has ruled that Mattel Inc. can't delay paying rival MGA Entertainment Inc. $137 million in attorneys' fees in the epic Bratz doll intellectual property battle, saying Mattel no longer faces competing claims for the jury's fee award.

  2. July 17, 2013

    Orrick, MGA Settle Fight Over Attys' Fees In Bratz IP Saga

    With a $23 million lien hanging over its $137 million trade secrets verdict in the "Barbie v. Bratz" copyright saga, MGA Entertainment Inc. has settled a dispute with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP over the firm's fees for representing it in the case.

  3. April 01, 2013

    MGA's Trade Secrets Claim On Brink In Bratz Case

    A California federal judge appeared reluctant Monday to allow MGA Entertainment Inc. to revive its Bratz doll trade secrets claim against Mattel Inc. after the Ninth Circuit tossed a jury's $172.5 million award, but indicated he may allow an immediate appeal of any decision.

  4. February 27, 2013

    Orrick Fears $137M Bratz Award Will Vanish

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and several insurers on Tuesday asked a California federal judge to make sure they got their cuts of a $137 million attorneys' fee award for defense work they did on behalf of MGA Entertainment Inc. in its long-running copyright dispute with Mattel Inc. over Bratz dolls, citing a "serious fear" the money could vanish.

  5. February 14, 2013

    $137M Bratz Award To MGA Must Be Halted, Mattel Says

    Mattel Inc. asked a California federal judge Wednesday to prevent MGA Entertainment Inc. and its subsidiaries from collecting a $137.2 million attorneys' fees award affirmed by a January Ninth Circuit ruling in the Bratz doll intellectual property fight, saying it would face additional litigation without an injunction. 

  6. September 27, 2011

    MGA Insurers Can't Jump Into Bratz IP Fight: Judge

    A California federal judge on Monday refused to allow four insurers to intervene in a trade secrets and employment contract dispute over Bratz dolls, in which they are seeking millions from $108 million in attorneys' fees MGA Entertainment Inc. won from Mattel Inc.

  7. August 29, 2011

    MGA's Insurers Seek Slice Of $108M Bratz Fees

    Four major insurers are seeking millions from a $108 million attorneys' fee MGA Entertainment Inc. won from Mattel Inc. in a protracted trade secrets and contract battle in California over Bratz dolls, according to a Friday court filing.

  8. August 11, 2011

    Mattel Fights $310M Verdict In Bratz IP Row

    Mattel Inc. and its Mexican subsidiary on Thursday challenged a California federal court's week-old order to pay nearly $310 million for stealing MGA Entertainment Inc.'s trade secrets, in a long-running contract and intellectual property fight over the immensely popular Bratz doll.

  9. August 04, 2011

    Mattel To Pay MGA $310M In Bratz Trade Secrets Battle

    A California federal judge on Thursday ordered Mattel Inc. to pay nearly $310 million for stealing MGA Entertainment Inc.'s trade secrets in a long-running fight over whether an MGA designer created the idea for the popular Bratz doll while working for Mattel.

  10. July 08, 2011

    Mattel Protests $108M Fee Award Recommendation

    Mattel Inc. is protesting a California federal court's $108 million attorneys' fee award recommendation for MGA Entertainment Inc., claiming it should be allowed to see its opponent's invoices in a trade secrets and contract battle over a former Mattel employee's idea for Bratz dolls, a motion unsealed Wednesday revealed.

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