MGA Entertainment Inc. v$.$ Mattel Inc.

In this case, toymaker MGA Entertainment filed suit against Mattel, arguing that their line of $$My Scene$$ Barbie dolls infringed upon the design of MGA$$s line of "Bratz" dolls, which had a similar appearance. Mattel then countersued, claiming Carter Bryant, a designer for MGA, had designed the dolls while working for Mattel and subject to a contract that stated that all designs made while under contract would be Mattel$$s property. A jury eventually ruled in Mattel$$s favor, hitting MGA with a $$100$ million reparation to Mattel as well as an injunction $($which lasted a year$)$ to cease selling the dolls in question. However, in a later case over the same issue, the ruling went in favor of MGA, and Mattel was considered to be the one that stole trade secrets$.$