Barbie wins battle with Bratz

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Bob Juch · #1 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:13 am

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.

Full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/07/18/barbie.bratz.ap/

#2 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:46 am

Mattel filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Riverside against MGA, which began marketing the hugely popular Bratz line of sassy urban dolls in 2001.

I've seen that 2001 debut thrown around a lot, but we had Bratz when I stocked Toys for Christmas of 2000 because it was the first I'd heard of them, and I had to make a space on the counter for them. I'm very well aware of what toys we were selling that year given that it was the time between my callback and taping and I was soaking up everything I possibly could.....

We must've jumped on the Bratz bandwagon early at the Wal....

lb13

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #3 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:25 pm

Bratz dolls look like whores.

So do some Barbie dolls.

#4 Post by **littlebeast13** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:27 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Bratz dolls look like whores.

So do some Barbie dolls.

We had a "Supermodel Barbie" doll in clearance not too long ago.

If you think plain ol' Barbie is wafer thin, you whould have seen this....

BYW, tgirl will eventually chime in that she calls Bratz dolls "Ho Starter Kits".....

lb13