Atlanta rapper T.I. told a jury Friday that a toymaker was 'undeniably blatant' in its alleged theft of the OMG Girlz's name and trade dress
nearly four years after his wife first sent a cease-and-desist letter claiming Larian’s line of “L.O.L. Surprise! O.M.G.” dolls infringed on the name, image, and likeness of the couple’s teen pop trio, the
T.I. told the jury that in his opinion, Larian’s company, MGA Entertainment, marketed seven dolls that were “undeniably blatant” in their infringement of the OMG Girlz’s name and trade dress. “You can hold them up to these pictures and see. Anyone with eyes can see that this picture influenced this doll,” he testified Friday in a courtroom in Santa Ana, California. T.I.
“I don’t have to go out and scam and try to manipulate the truth to receive money. I have my own talent, I build my own brands. I run my own companies,” he testified Friday. “I find my time is more valuable than what I can receive from a lawsuit. I’d rather be focusing my time, my energy, and my efforts on doing creative things and build brands. I have better stuff to do than be in a courtroom.”
“I’ve been doing that since school, responding with humor rather than hostility. I feel like it’s easier for me to get my point across with humor than it is to be hostile. I have the perspective that if you aint laughing at life, you’re missing the point,” he said. T.I. suggested that after Larian requested his team incorporate the OMG acronym into a product, one of his employees likely “googled” the acronym and discovered the OMG Girlz. “The Girlz pop up, they bring back to him without showing where they got it from, and here he is now in a lawsuit, not knowing that the designs came from them googling the girls. It could be a tough spot to be in. I understand that.
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