Businesses ordered to stop selling Bratz
After a four-year legal dispute between the dolls manufacturer, MGA Entertainment, and rival Mattel, the maker of Barbie, a federal judge rocked the toy industry Wednesday by ordering MGA to stop manufacturing Bratz.
The decision was a stunning defeat for MGA, which exploded onto the tween scene in 2001 with the saucy diva dolls in micro-miniskirts and made hundreds of millions in profits, giving Mattels more down-to-earth Barbie a run for her money.
.....ruling which followed a jurys finding that Bratz designer Carter Bryant developed the concept for the dolls while working for Mattel.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1136924
After a four-year legal dispute between the dolls manufacturer, MGA Entertainment, and rival Mattel, the maker of Barbie, a federal judge rocked the toy industry Wednesday by ordering MGA to stop manufacturing Bratz.
The decision was a stunning defeat for MGA, which exploded onto the tween scene in 2001 with the saucy diva dolls in micro-miniskirts and made hundreds of millions in profits, giving Mattels more down-to-earth Barbie a run for her money.
.....ruling which followed a jurys finding that Bratz designer Carter Bryant developed the concept for the dolls while working for Mattel.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1136924