A toy company must pay $71.5m (£53m) for making dolls infringing the name and likeness of a US teen pop group. OMG Girlz sued MGA Entertainment over its LOL Surprise! OMG dolls, arguing the company had copied their look and brand.
On Tuesday, the group finally won the long-running intellectual property case after a California jury agreed they had been ripped off. It awarded $17.9m (£13.
3m) in real damages and $53.6m (£39.9m) in punitive damages, saying their "trade dress" and "name, likeness and identity" had been infringed.
The payout goes to the group's three members - Zonnique Pullins, Bahja Rodriguez and Breaunna Womack - and to Pullins' mother and stepfather, Tameka 'Tiny Harris' and Chris T.I. Harris.
OMG Girlz - who formed in 2009 and have 232,000 Instagram followers - celebrated the win on social media. "This is for creatives everywhere," Rodriguez wrote. More from US Ryan Routh charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump at Florida golf course Joe Biden calls for diplomatic solution to Middle East conflict in final United Nations address Middle East crisis needs urgent intervention - but Biden seems to be going through the motions "No longer will we be bullied into silence when it comes to others profiting off of our ideas and creativity.
" The legal action began in 2020 when MGA disputed a cease-and-desist notice from the group. Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News Read more from Sky News: Menendez brothers: T.
