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Mattel Can't Pursue Claims Against Later Bratz Dolls

By: Edvard Pettersson BUSINESSWEEK Mattel Inc. can't pursue copyright- infringement claims against MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz dolls other than the first four, introduced in 2001, and two later models, a federal judge said. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, in a Dec. 27 order, granted a request by closely held MGA to preclude Mattel from seeking infringement damages "against all subsequent generation Bratz dolls with the exception of Ooh La La Cloe and Formal Funk Dana." Carter allowed Mattel to proceed with most of its trade- secret theft claims at a trial scheduled to start Jan. 11.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on January 05, 2011 (boomark / email).