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Published on Friday, Jan 09, 2009
MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz dolls, that were found to infringe Mattel Inc.'s copyrights, can be sold this year, a federal judge said, modifying a decision that could have resulted in an earlier ban.
U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson in Riverside, Calif., said in a ruling that retailers will be allowed to buy the spring and fall lines of the multiethnic dolls from MGA through Dec. 31, or from either Mattel or a court-appointed receiver if he awards them rights to the infringing Bratz products.
Privately held MGA is the parent of Little Tikes toy company, based in Hudson.
A Dec. 3 order prohibiting MGA from making and selling the dolls ''shall remain stayed, ineffective and nonfinal until further order of the court,'' Larson said.
''This stay gives assurance to our retailers and licensees that business is back to normal with Bratz for 2009, and that all Bratz products may continue to be sold throughout the calendar year,'' MGA Chief Executive Officer Isaac Larian said in an e-mailed statement. ''We will still seek an expedited appeal of the court's injunction and seek to extend the stay until the conclusion of our appeal.''
Larson's Dec. 3 order followed a jury verdict last year that a Mattel designer created the Bratz name and characters and secretly took the idea to MGA. Larson initially stayed the ruling until after he ruled on post-trial motions that are scheduled for Feb. 11.
MGA Entertainment Inc.'s Bratz dolls, that were found to infringe Mattel Inc.'s copyrights, can be sold this year, a federal judge said, modifying a decision that could have resulted in an earlier ban.
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