A California federal judge is poised to shave $53.6 million off the damages a jury awarded to former pop group OMG Girlz after finding toy maker MGA Entertainment Inc. ripped off their signature look in a doll line.
Judge James V. Selna in the US District Court for the Central District of California in a tentative ruling Monday said he would discard the jury’s punitive damages award but leave intact its $17.9 million real damages award for the L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G. Doll line’s infringement of the OMG Girlz’s trade dress.
A federal jury in September awarded the former teen-pop group ...
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