OMG Girlz Pop Group Gets Third IP Trial Over MGA’s Doll Line

Former teen pop group OMG Girlz and rapper T.I. will get a third federal jury trial over whether toy maker MGA Entertainment Inc. ripped off the group’s names and likeness with its line of L.O.L Suprise! OMG Dolls.

US District Judge James Selna on Sept. 15 granted OMG Girlz LLC’s motion for a new trial, finding that he improperly instructed the jury to consider a free speech-trademark balancing test known as Rogers, which has since been altered by the US Supreme Court.

MGA had succeeded in convincing a Los Angeles jury in the Central District of California in May that ...