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VA 1-146-749 , for an image entitled “Angel / Devil Girl.”2 The image depicts two figures standing side-by-side on an empty cobblestone street in an urban landscape.3 Although the women resemble humans, they have extremely long limbs, large heads, and tiny torsos. One of them (“Devil”) has horns and a tail; the other (“Angel”) has wings and a halo . The image incorporates numerous photographs of the same female model with features that have been manipulated and altered.4  \nSometime around August, 1998 Carter Bryant, who was working for the toy maker Mattel at the time, conceived of the Bratz dolls. He envisioned a group of four young friends who are very cool and popular, wear trendy clothing, and have a “we can do anything, we ’ve got a lot of power, we believe in ourselves”  \n1 Defendant ’s Separate Statement Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 56. 1 (“MGA 56. 1”) ¶ 3 ; Plaintiff Bernard Belair ’s Response to Defendant MGA Entertainment, Inc.’s Statement Pursuant to Local Civil Rule 56. 1 (“Belair 56. 1”) ¶ 3.  \n2 MGA 56. 1 ¶¶ 4-5 ; Belair 56. 1 ¶¶ 4-5.  \n3 See Angel / Devil Girl, Ex . 1 to Declaration of Gerard A. Haddad, plaintiff’s counsel, in support of Plaintiff Belair ’s Opposition to MGA ’s Motion for Summary Judgment (“Haddad Decl.”) .  \n4 Belair 56. 1 ¶ 282; Reply to Plaintiff’s Response to Defendant MGA Entertainment, Inc.’s Statement of Material Facts (“MGA 56. 1 Reply”) ¶ 282; Deposition of Bernard Belair, Ex . 12 to Haddad Decl. , at 145:19 .  \nCase 1:09-cv-08870-SAS Document 88 Filed 11/16/11 Page 3 of 28  \nattitude.5 By September, 2000 Bryant had moved from Mattel to MGA and had taken his idea for the Bratz dolls with him .6 At MGA , he gave preliminary drawings to Margaret Leahy, a sculptor, who created the first prototype, or“sculpt,” for the dolls. For additional inspiration, he gave her a copy of the Angel / Devil image, from the Belair photograph, which had appeared in the the August, 1999 edition of Seventeen magazine.7 Leahy hung the image on her wall by her workspace and used it to help her create the initial Bratz sculpt.8  \nThe first line of Bratz dolls – named Cloe, Sasha, Yasmin, and Jade – arrived in toy stores in 2001.9 Over the following decade, the Bratz brand proved hugely popular, with over 380 million Bratz products sold worldwide and over two  \n5 Reporter ’s Transcript of Jury Trial Proceedings (“Trial Tr.”) , Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inc. , No . 04 Civ . 9049 ( C.D. Cal. June 17 , 2008) , Ex . H to Declaration of Kenneth A. Plevan, defendant ’s counsel, in support of MGA Entertainment Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment (“Plevan Decl.”) , at 2810- 281 1.  \n6 The details of Carter ’s move from Mattel to MGA have been the subject of extensive litigation . See Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment, Inc. , 616 F.3 d 904 ( 9th C ir. 2010) ; Mattel Inc. v. MGA Entertainment Inc. , 782 F. Supp. 2 d 91 1 ( C.D. Cal. 2011) .  \n[7](7 See Trial Tr. at 4144-46)[ See](7 See Trial Tr. at 4144-46)[ Trial Tr. at 4144-46](7 See Trial Tr. at 4144-46) .  \n8 See id. ; Belair 56. 1 ¶ 266; MGA 56. 1 Reply ¶ 266.  \n9 Annexed to this opinion as Exhibits A through F are the Angel / Devil image, photographs of the four original Bratz dolls, and a photograph of the final sculpt that the four dolls all share.  \nCase 1:09-cv-08870-SAS Document 88 Filed 11/16/11 Page 4 of 28  \nbillion dollars in United States revenue. 10  \nIII . LEGAL STANDARD  \nA . Summary Judgment  \nSummary judgment is appropriate “if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment asa matter of law .”11 “‘An issue of fact is genuine if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party. 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