SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- A judge in California said he would decide the fate of Bratz dolls for 2009 after its maker, MGA Entertainment Inc. was found to have violated copyright laws.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A U.S. federal court ordered MGA Entertainment Inc. to stop making its popular Bratz dolls, ruling they were designed by a contracted Mattel Inc. employee.
PARIS, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The makers of a Nicolas Sarkozy voodoo doll Friday received appellate court approval to sell the figurine of the French leader.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A New York designer says she was inspired to make a new brand of designer jewelry out of spliced apart Barbie dolls due to her own history with the toy.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and R&B quintet Pussycat Dolls jumped and kicked their way through the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating ties between music and fashion.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 18 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Riverside, Calif., found Bratz dolls were created by a Mattel Inc. contracted designer, possibly costing the doll's maker millions.
WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Mattel Inc. has created the first sorority Barbie doll for Alpha Kappa Alpha, the oldest black sorority in the United States.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 15 (UPI) -- Members of a Boy Scout troop that agreed to help clean a historic cemetery in St. Petersburg, Fla., found three voodoo dolls hanging from a tree.
NEW YORK, May 14 (UPI) -- The British rock band Coldplay and U.S. pop group The Pussycat Dolls are to perform at the upcoming 2008 MTV Movie Awards show, MTV said Wednesday.
CHICAGO, May 6 (UPI) -- Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said the team did not mean to offend by having inflatable female dolls in their clubhouse before a game in Toronto.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 13 (UPI) -- Maori groups in New Zealand are upset about a new tourist souvenir -- Russian-style nesting dolls made in China purporting to depict Maoris.
ST. CHARLES, Ill., Feb. 18 (UPI) -- A St. Charles, Ill., auctioneer said it took him five car trips to transport a massive doll collection being sold by a suburban Chicago woman.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- California is suing 20 of the world's most popular toy makers and retailers for allegedly selling products with unlawful amounts of lead.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Promoters of teen singing and TV phenom Hannah Montana hope her white-hot popularity spills into the toy aisle as the U.S. holiday shopping season begins.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Mattel Inc. is recalling nearly 774,000 toys, including Barbie playsets, due to illegally high lead-paint levels, a U.S. consumer safety agency said Tuesday.
