Dolls case damages award overturned

A US federal appeals court has tossed out 172 million US dollars (£109 million) in damages Mattel had been ordered to pay the maker of Bratz dolls, the latest twist in a bitter nine-year legal dispute over commercial rights to the ethnically diverse, pouting toys.

The Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a jury should not have been allowed to consider MGA Entertainment's claims that it was the victim of trade secret theft during a trial convened to consider Mattel's lawsuit alleging MGA stole the idea for Bratz from Mattel.
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