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MGA Entertainment Inc. v. Clifford T.I. Harris et al

  1. September 03, 2024

    3rd Trial In T.I.'s IP Fight With MGA Kicks Off In Calif.

    An attorney for hip-hop moguls T.I. and Tiny Harris on Tuesday told a California federal jury during opening statements in a retrial of his clients' intellectual property dispute with MGA Entertainment that the company's line of O.M.G. dolls stole their look and name from the OMG Girlz group.

  2. August 19, 2024

    T.I. Can't Bar Witness Motivation Questions At Doll IP Retrial

    Rapper T.I. can't block MGA Entertainment from questioning his customer witnesses' motivations to testify at the upcoming intellectual property retrial over the company's L.O.L. Surprise! doll line, and he likewise is barred from raising questions of cultural appropriation in that context, a California federal judge ruled Monday.

  3. January 01, 2024

    Trademark Cases To Watch In 2024

    The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule in a case that tests the limits of registering trademarks involving living public figures with a proposed mark for "Trump Too Small," and the Federal Circuit will weigh in on an appeal that pushes the boundaries of profanities as trademarks. Here are Law360's trademark cases to watch in 2024.

  4. December 12, 2023

    MGA Must Face 3rd Doll IP Trial Against Rapper TI Next Year

    A California federal judge has rejected MGA Entertainment's bid to immediately appeal his order vacating the toy giant's win in rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property fight and sending the case to a third trial, set for September 2024.

  5. November 27, 2023

    MGA Unlikely To Get Quick Appeal Of 3rd Doll IP Trial Order

    A California federal judge overseeing rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property dispute against MGA Entertainment appeared ready at a Monday hearing to stick with his tentative decision to deny the toy giant's request to pause the proceedings and certify for interlocutory appeal his ruling that ordered a third trial in the case. 

  6. September 15, 2023

    Rapper T.I., Tiny Harris Granted 3rd Doll IP Trial Against MGA

    Rapper T.I. and his wife were granted a third trial in their $100 million intellectual property suit over a line of MGA Entertainment dolls when a California federal judge held Friday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling meant jurors had been erroneously instructed.

  7. September 11, 2023

    MGA Argues Jack Daniel's Ruling Doesn't Require 3rd T.I. Trial

    MGA Entertainment urged a California federal judge Monday to reconsider his tentative order requiring a third trial in rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property suit against the toy maker, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court's "narrow" holding in the Jack Daniel's trademark case doesn't apply and that the jurors were correctly instructed.

  8. September 08, 2023

    T.I.-MGA IP Fight May Get 3rd Trial After Jack Daniel's Ruling

    The California federal judge overseeing rapper T.I.'s $100 million intellectual property suit against MGA Entertainment teed up a possible third trial in the case, writing in a tentative order ahead of a hearing Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling means jurors were erroneously instructed.

  9. August 01, 2023

    MGA Says Jack Daniel's Ruling Doesn't Call For New Doll Trial

    MGA Entertainment on Tuesday slammed a new trial bid by a girl group managed by rapper T.I. on claims it ripped off the group's image for its line of dolls, arguing that the Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's dog toy decision does not bar its First Amendment defense or warrant a do-over.

  10. July 14, 2023

    After Jury Trial Loss, T.I.'s Girl Group Plots Appeal To 9th Circ.

    A pop group managed by the rapper T.I. plans on asking the Ninth Circuit to decide if the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Jack Daniel's ruling should give it another chance to convince a jury that a toy company allegedly ripped off the group's image for a line of dolls.

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