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T.I. and Tiny’s lawsuit set for trial against toy manufacturer for copying their daughter’s image

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By City News Service on January 18, 2023 Entertainment

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Rapper Clifford `T.I. Harris and his wife, singer-songwriter Tameka “Tiny” Harris will square off Wednesday against toy giant MGA Entertainment Inc. in a federal courtroom in Santa Ana in a dispute over the inspiration for the popular OMG LOL Surprise dolls.

The Grammy-winning artists contend MGA took its inspiration from their OMG Girlz group and that the line of dolls infringes on their copyrights.

“Preventing our daughter’s image and likeness from being exploited is not about money, it’s about protecting art and the creator of that art from blatant theft,” wrote T.I. on his social media account. “This is more principled than it is financially motivated. However, if there are finances that have been attained & withheld unfairly that our families are entitled to… WE WANT IT!!!”

The toymaker has countered that the couple has failed to show they possess the intellectual property rights of the girl group. MGA has also contended the couple made a false claim that they once had a deal to produce a doll line based on the OMG Girlz group. MGA is also arguing it has First Amendment protection and that the couple cannot show that any of the alleged conduct was “deliberate or willful.”

MGA has also argued that the couple took too long to bring a claim.

This is not the first time the toymaker has been accused of creating dolls in the likeness of popular Black women.

Influencer Amina Mucciolo accused the company of copying her image back in 2020. After going public the CEO made inflammatory remarks about her calling her a “disgrace” to Black people.

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Related: The Billionaire CEO Behind “Bratz” And “LOL Surprise” Dolls Called A Black Influencer Who Accused Them Of Plagiarism “A Disgrace To Black People”

The success of any First Amendment claim will turn on whether MGA can show that the doll designers have added enough significant creative wrinkles that it transforms the work into something distinguishable from any inspiration.

MGA argues that the songwriters “have no evidence to support their allegations of intentional copying.”

The company said the toy maker’s designers have “testified and submitted declarations that the dolls were not based on the OMG Girlz or pictures of the OMG Girlz.”

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MGA also argued in court papers that the couple falsely claimed that in 2010 MGA publicly announced plans to create a line of dolls modeled on the girl group but when they failed to reach an agreement they went through with the doll line anyway.

“Tameka Harris has since recanted this story, admitting in a deposition she `cannot say’ it ever happened,” MGA argues in court papers.

MGA expert Bruce Isaacson surveyed about 1,500 doll customers to gauge the “likelihood of confusion” between the dolls and the girl group and he concluded, “zero people associated MGA’s dolls with the OMG Girlz, and zero people believed the dolls look like the OMG Girlz or any of their members.”

The couple counters that “MGA’s infringing OMG Dolls have commercially exploited the existing trade dress, name, image and brand popularity of the OMG Girlz, leading to consumer confusion as the origin of the goods. MGA’s infringement of the OMG Girlz trade dress was willful and malicious.”

The couple contends that the dolls have “caused economic harm to the OMG Girlz through consumer confusion, loss of goodwill and reputation, and by depriving the OMG parties of the right to control the time, place, terms and manner by which to publicize said parties’ special talents.”

The couple is also seeking compensation from profits from the popular doll line.

The couple will also argue that the “OMG Girlz were exploring creating a line of licensed dolls and that MGA’s infringement deprived the OMG Girlz of the opportunity to do so.”

They say they sent MGA a cease-and-desist letter in December 2020 only to be met with a lawsuit.

2UrbanGirls contributed to this report.

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