The insurance companies that paid the legal costs associated with MGA Entertainment Inc.’s successful court battle with Mattel Inc. are seeking to recover a portion of the $141 million in attorney fees and costs awarded to the Bratz doll manufacturer.
In an Aug. 26 motion to intervene, four insurance companies said they have rights to share in the fees and costs awarded to MGA earlier this month after a federal jury issued an $88.5 million verdict against Mattel, maker of Barbie. The dispute centered on who owned the copyright to the Bratz doll, but the jury awarded damages based on separate claims that Mattel had stolen trade secrets from MGA by planting spies at industry trade shows.
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