LITIGATOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT
After Bratz doll maker MGA Entertainment, Inc., lost a 2008 copyright and trademark infringement trial to Mattel, Inc., the U.S. district court in Riverside, California, awarded Mattel the Bratz franchise. MGA looked doomed. But in December, MGA appellate counsel E. Joshua Rosenkranz of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (pictured here) convinced the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to stay the injunction, arguing that the doll designer’s Mattel employment contract was ambiguous at best. In July the court overturned the injunction entirely and wiped out $100 million in damages. A new trial is set for January. –AF
