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SAN FRANCISCO — Mattel, which won the rights to rival MGA Entertainment’s Bratz dolls after a copyright trial, had them taken away by an appeals court.
The U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a December 2008 order that gave Mattel the rights to most of MGA’s Bratz products after a jury found the designer who created the dolls was working at Mattel when he conceived the idea and names and made the initial drawings.
“Even assuming that MGA took some ideas wrongfully, it added tremendous value by turning the ideas into products and, eventually, a popular and highly profitable brand,” the appellate panel said Thursday.
The court said the entire case probably will need to be retried. Bloomberg News
