Did Racial Discrimination Help Barbie Beat the Bratz?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008According to the Los Angeles Times, the recent verdict Mattel, Inc. received over rival MGA Entertainment, Inc. may have been tainted by racism among the jurors. The case entailed Mattel, the owners of the Barbie franchise, suing MGA over its Bratz line of dolls, which Mattel claims were created by someone who was under contract to Mattel at the time.
The racism issue was raised by a juror reporting to the judge that another juror made multiple racial comments about MGA’s Isaac Larian, who is Persian. (more…)






