Back in January T.I. and Tiny announced they were suing MGA Entertainment for copyright infringement for copying Tiny's girl group 'The OMG Girlz' for their 'L.O.L. Surprise OMG' dolls [click here if you missed that].
T.I. and Tiny just lost the case...
From Rolling Stone
T.I. and Tiny have lost their copyright infringement lawsuit against the L.O.L. Surprise! doll maker MGA Entertainment, as a jury ruled in favor of the toymaker on Friday.
The rapper (real name Clifford Harris) and Tiny (Tameka Cottle) initially sued MGA Entertainment for allegedly stealing the name, likeness, and trade dress of OMG Girlz — the pop trio Tiny founded in 2009 — when the company launched its “L.O.L. Surprise OMG” dolls in 2019.
The case first went to trial in January, but a mistrial was declared after T.I. and Tiny’s lawyer — who was previously warned about arguing that the toymakers “misappropriate the likeness of Black female artists” — accused MGA of “racist cultural appropriation.”
The $100 million lawsuit went back to trial this month, and after arguments related to 31 potentially infringing dolls were made, the jury ultimately needed less than two hours to rule in favor of MGA Entertainment, Legal Affairs and Trials reported.
Following the verdict, MGA CEO Isaac Larian called T.I. and Tiny’s lawsuit a “shakedown.” “I’m not happy because I wasted a lot of time, energy — my employees’ time, energy — to deal with an extortion,” Larian said. “They knew from the beginning they don’t have a case, and they brought it anyways. And they picked on the wrong guy.” (Larian also quipped that he’d celebrate his victory by “going to go buy a yellow dress and color my hair pink,” a nod to one of the dolls in question.)
9 comments:
The Jury Has Made Their Verdict, Those Type Of Cases Are Very Hard To Prove ~ Especially Since That Company Made The Bratz Dolls... That Man Sad He Wants Them TI & Tiny To Pay Millions In Legal Fee Reimbursements...
Good luck next time.
Y’all is slick but they is slicker.
Now that that’s over, can y’all come get y’all high yellow boy terrorizing the city of Atlanta.
That's messed up because to me it seemed pretty blatant...but Oh well.
Good! They seem like awful people especially this condescending dummy T.I. Sometimes the universe gets it right even when the law doesn't.
Honestly, I did see a lot of similarities.
They should have paid for a better lawyer. Where's Madlock (actor Andy Griffith)? Is he still practicing law in ATL? Oh yeah he was a lawyer for murder cases. LOLOL
Should have used Cardi B’s lawyers. There were similarities.
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