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Last Wednesday saw the opening of one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen". Through its opening weekend, the sequel to the 2007 blockbuster pulled in over $200 million in North America alone.

Add another round to the three-way grudge match between Jakks Pacific Inc. , THQ Inc.

When access to China became a reality, international enterprises with famous brands lined up to take advantage of the resources and market China had to offer.

Toy importer OKK Trading has agreed to pay a $665,000 civil penalty after it imported and sold toys with high levels of lead and violated other child safety standards.The penalty is part of a settlement the company reached with the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

MGA Entertainment Inc. has reached a confidential settlement with its insurers over payment of the damages and court costs in the company's legal tussle with rival toymaker Mattel Inc.

The Tonner RPattz. Will the Barbie version be cuter? Photograph by: Screen grab, ToysRus VANCOUVER a ' Soon, Robert Pattinson can be yours to cuddle.

A look at some of Barbie's noteworthy styles. Image 1 of 31 The first Barbie from 1959 -- Whitney Friedlander Barbie, the long-limbed American icon, celebrated her golden birthday in style with a bash at New York Fashion Week.

Mattel, Inc. and its subsidiary, Fisher-Price, have been fined $2.3 million for importing and selling toys containing high levels of lead.

Walt Disney Co is introducing $350 netbooks for children ahead of the holidays, even as other toy companies shy away from expensive items to appease recession-hit shoppers.

While Judge Sonia Sotomayor may not be known for many high-profile intellectual property or technology law decisions during her nearly 17 years of service first on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and now on the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, she has had ample exposure to these issues during her career.

The fallout from the lead contamination crisis that rocked the toy industry two years ago - culminating in Mattel Inc.

Top retail and luxury executives are sacrificing watches, vacations and new cars in the economic downturn, but keep your hands off their newspapers, nonfat lattes and bicycles.

A federal appeals court has ruled that MGA Entertainment Inc. must continue transitioning its Bratz fashion doll line to Mattel Inc.

Mattel Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Fisher-Price Inc. will pay $2.3 Million in civil penalties for violating the federal lead paint ban when lead was found in GEOTRAX, Go Diego Go, and other toys.

At www.pictionary.sg Mattel is inviting their consumers to propose words that are relevant to Singapore to be included in the Pictionary Singapore Edition board game.

This holiday season, the world's No. 1 toy maker, Mattel Inc , will play a game of its own -- wait and watch.

Years after the initial lead paint scandals that tainted Chinese products in the eyes of global consumers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is finally getting around to impose fines on Mattel for their violations.

WITH HASBRO'S TOYS about to get significant face time on the big screen, the company's shares should be basking in the Hollywood lights.

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Toy maker Mattel Inc. and its Fisher-Price subsidiary have agreed to pay a $2.3 million civil penalty for importing and selling toys with excessive levels of lead.