December 20, 2013
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.
July 17, 2013
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.
April 01, 2013
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.
February 27, 2013
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.
February 14, 2013
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.
September 27, 2011
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.
August 29, 2011
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.
August 11, 2011
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.
August 04, 2011
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.
July 08, 2011
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.