MATTEL, INC. v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

No. 11-56357.

705 F.3d 1108 (2013)

MATTEL, INC., a Delaware corporation; Mattel De Mexico S.A. de C.V., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a California corporation; MGA Entertainment (HK) Limited, a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region business entity; MGAE De Mexico, S.R.L. de C.V., a Mexico business entity; Isaac Larian; Carlos Gustavo Machado Gomez; Omni 808 Investors, LLC; IGWT 826 Investments, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Sullivan (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; John B. Quinn , Susan R. Estrich and Michael T. Zeller , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Clifford M. Sloan (argued), Allon Kedem and David W. Foster , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, D.C.; Thomas J. Nolan , Jason D. Russell and Hillary A. Hamilton , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, STEPHEN S. TROTT and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KOZINSKI, Chief Judge:

The last time Mattel and MGA were here, we predicted that "the entire case will probably need to be retried." Mattel, Inc. v. MGA Entm't Inc., 616 F.3d 904, 918 (9th Cir.2010). On remand, the district court agreed and ordered a new trial. The jury rejected Mattel's claim that MGA infringed Mattel's copyrights by producing Bratz dolls. While Mattel doesn't challenge that result, it does...

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