Mattel and Industrial Espionage

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     So it seems that Mattel really did conduct industrial espionage against MGA Entertainment. What gets me with this is that even if you think a competitor stole your idea, then the last thing you would want to do is to engage in industrial espionage against them because if you get caught, then you completely lose the moral high ground. Mattel's claim was that MGA stole their idea by hiring Carter Bryant for his Bratz dolls, but that Carter came up with the Bratz idea while still working for Mattel, and therefore the Bratz brand belonged to Mattel. However, Mattel ended up ultimately losing their own case, meanwhile MGA countersued alleging that Mattel had engaged in industrial espionage, and Mattel lost here too.
     But even if MGA really had "stolen" Mattel's idea in that sense, it would have more been by accident or ignorance in hiring a man who had created the concept while working for a competitor (I don't know enough of the details about the case). But if you are in the right, the last thing you then do is to start conducting what are blatantly illegal activities.
     According to the second link, MGA is now planning to go after Mattel in Europe for their doing the same thing over there. Apparently Mattel has a history of being a bully in the toy industry. They tried to crush Isaac Larian but that guy sure is a fighter.