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27 Aug, 2008 3:28 pm
... Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc., but no one's left the playground yet. A federal jury awarded toy giant Mattel the damages Tuesday in their ... , were told to pay a
combined $90 million in three causes of action related to Mattel's employment contract with designer Carter Bryant, who developed the Bratz concept. The jury ... 6 percent in
2008 as opposed to 12 percent the previous year. Bryant settled with Mattel on the eve of trial. The terms of that settlement have not been made public. Bookmark ...
14 Aug, 2007 12:23 pm
... in possession of these toys are instructed to immediately place them out of reach of children and to contact Mattel, Inc. for information related to its return and
replacement. The company can be reached through its website, or by dialing 1(888) 597-6597. Previously on the D.C. Metro Area Personal Injury Law Blog, we have posted articles relating
to: The initial Fisher-Price / Mattel, Inc. toy recall Thomas & Friends toy train recall over lead paint Easy Bake ovens ...
14 Aug, 2007 1:17 pm
... possession of these toys are instructed to immediately place them out of reach of children and to contact Mattel, Inc. for information related to its return and
replacement. The company can be reached through its website, ... Medical Malpractice Law Blog, we have posted articles relating to: The initial Fisher-Price / Mattel, Inc.
toy recall Red yeast rice products recalled over undeclared prescription drug ingredients Expanded Botulism recall of Castleberry's foods The dangers of magnetic toys If ...
5 Sep, 2007 1:33 am
... : "Accordingly, the public interest in free and artistic expression greatly outweighs its interest in potential consumer confusion about Mattel's sponsorship of Forsythe's
works. " p. 37. What was all the fuss about? The question from this case I have not ... . However, when the two cannot be separated, personal and business persona, when can the public
ever win? MATTEL INC., a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant v. WALKING MOUNTAIN PRODUCTIONS, a California Business Entity; TOM FORSYTHE, an ...
29 May, 2007 1:52 pm
... No. 06-989, Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., one of four cases in which cert. was granted today. The case has ... origins in a property lease between
petitioner Hall Street, the landlord, and respondent Mattel, Inc., which used the property in its toy manufacturing business. After the well water ... approved that
agreement, and the case proceeded to arbitration. Although the arbitrator initially ruled in Mattel's favor, the district court deemed one of its key conclusions "legally
erroneous ...
6 Mar, 2008 8:41 am
... took up an unpublished federal court case. The procedural history and facts of Hall Street Associates, LLC v. Mattel, Inc. and Tyco Industries, Inc.; Tyco
Manufacturing Corp., Tyco Toys, Inc. and View Master Ideal Group, Inc. are lengthy but, suffice it to say, the underlying dispute involves the lease of a building owned by
Hall and used by Mattel to make toys. Allegedly, there was some violations of federal water regulations of some kind. A breach of the lease ...
7 Nov, 2007 12:14 pm
Access online today's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument transcript in Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc., No. 06-989: The Court has posted the transcript at
this link.
19 Dec, 2008 2:00 pm
In In re Mattel, Inc., ___ F.Supp.2d ___, 2008 WL 5147996 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 8, 2008), the court (Judge Dale S. Fischer) addressed the UCL's (and the CLRA's) extraterritorial
reach and narrowly interpred the Ninth Ciruict's opinion in Sullivan v....
26 Mar, 2008 4:59 am
For more on the Mattel decision, read this case summary that is currently featured on the National Arbitration Forum homepage's Today in ADR column, a regular feature summarizing
a timely, significant ADR case, Supreme Court Holds That FAA Grounds for Vacatur Are Exclusive.
4 Dec, 2008 6:37 pm
... Inc., the maker of the hugely popular Bratz dolls. The ruling has the potential to remake the toy landscape. Back in August, when Mattel, Inc., won $100 million
in damages from the federal jury that decided Mattel's highly-publicized copyright infringement ... generation of Bratz dolls, which he claimed were the only dolls that made use
of designs created when the Bratz designer was on Mattel's payroll. Nolan argued that the $100 million jury verdict reflected the jury's belief that only the early ...
18 Jul, 2008 4:42 pm
... Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Barbie and Bratz dolls are sisters, a jury has decided in a major victory to Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, in its
copyright infringement lawsuit against rival MGA Entertainment Inc. The federal jury ... . If so, the jury must rule on whether the dolls infringe on those copyrights. Bryant
reached a confidential settlement with Mattel on the eve of the trial and the company dropped its lawsuit against him. The timing of Bryant's creation was key in Mattel's
...
5 Sep, 2007 5:01 pm
... Name of Product: Various Barbie Accessory Toys Units: About 675,000 Importer: Mattel Inc., of El Segundo, Calif. Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive
... Consumers should immediately take the recalled toys away from children and contact Mattel for instructions on how to receive a free replacement toy of equal value. Consumer
Contact: For additional ... 1 Bongo Band toys Units: About 8,900 Importer: Fisher-Price Inc., of East Aurora, N.Y. Hazard: Surface paints on the toys contain excessive ...
7 Sep, 2008 6:16 am
... case first and foremost as a matter of principle," said Robert A. Eckert, chairman and chief executive officer of Mattel, Inc. "We have an obligation to defend
ourselves against competitors who choose to engage in fraudulent activities against us. ... testimony and evidence, the jury arrived at a unanimous and undeniable conclusion that MGA
engaged in illegal business practices." Mattel was represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, a 400-strong lawyer business litigation firm - ...
9 Mar 5:10 am
... toys that were defective and unsafe, and made actionable representations about the quality of the products." In re Mattel, Inc., Toy Lead Paint Products Liab. Litig.,
588 F.Supp.2d 1111, 1114 (C.D. Cal. 2008). Specifically, the class action focused on three ... relief "in light of a currently pending action by the California Attorney General for
similar relief." In re Mattel, at 1120. The court concluded that this case did not present an "exceptional circumstance" warranting such relief, ...
7 Apr, 2008 2:47 pm
... respuesta al resolver el caso Hall Street Associates L.L.C. v. Mattel Inc. La sentencia puede descargarse del sitio de la Corte. Para tranquilidad de muchos la Corte,
... el árbitro para que laudara de nuevo. En el segundo laudo obviamente se condenó a Mattel y el laudo fue confirmado por la Corte de Distrito. La sentencia fue apelada y ...
Como observó el Justice O'Conner en su voto en Allied-Bruce Terminix Companies, Inc. v. Dobson "la Corte ha abandonado toda pretensión de averiguar la intención del ...
28 Apr 9:23 am
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge upheld a $100 million jury verdict Monday for Mattel Inc. in a lengthy legal battle over rights to the Bratz doll, a rival to
Mattel's Barbie. U.S. District Judge Stephen Larson also confirmed in his ruling late Monday that the ... ruled that the dolls could remain in stores for the rest of the year. He
left open the possibility that Mattel or a court-appointed receiver could ultimately market the dolls this year. A hearing is scheduled for May 18 ...
19 Dec, 2008 3:11 pm
... Coakley, along with the Attorneys General of 38 other states, reached a settlement agreement with Mattel, Inc., and its subsidiary, Fisher-Price, Inc.,
resolving a 15-month investigation into the events that lead to a voluntary recall of the companies' toys for excessive lead paint in 2007. The consent judgment, filed today in Suffolk
Superior Court, requires Mattel to make a payment of $12 million by January 30, 2009, to be divided among the participating states. Before Mattel apologized for ...
7 Jan 4:04 am
... calculate commissions due employees of Sprint's Business Direct Channel. In re Mattel, Inc. Toy Lead Paint Products Liab. Litig., ___ F.Supp. ... pursuant to CPSC
Regulations, precluded a state law claim for refund. See In re Mattel, at 3-4. The district court also found that the class action adequately alleged ... act of the CPSC with
respect to the magnet toys or the toy blood pressure cuffs." In re Mattel, at 6. Additionally, "Plaintiffs' failure to identify a consumer product safety rule or order ...
11 Feb, 2008 9:05 pm
... the court issued its order dismissing the claim, the Ninth Circuit decided Jada Toys v. Mattel, Inc., 496 F.3d 974 (9th Cir. 2007) (STL post here), in which the court
reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment on Mattel's counterclaim for federal trademark dilution. The Ninth Circuit noted that because the action was filed ... ,
the pre-TDRA version of 15 U.S.C. § 1125(c) applied to Mattel's dilution claim. Similarly, plaintiff's claim for federal trademark dilution under ...
29 Oct 2:43 pm
... like "C'mon, Barbie, let's go party." … Most readers of this blog are probably familiar with Mattel Inc. v. MCA Records Inc., reflecting a dispute over this
song: The opinion correctly prioritizes the First Amendment over trademark rights ... opportunity to gratuitously observe that "Barbie was born in Germany in the 1950s as an adult
collector's item. Over the years, Mattel transformed her from a doll that resembled a "German street walker," as she originally appeared, into a glamorous, long-legged ...
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