UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
_____
FORM
8-K
Current
Report
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2009
JAKKS
PACIFIC, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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0-28104
(Commission
File Number)
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95-4527222
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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22619
Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu,
California
(Address
of principal
executive
offices)
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90265
(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (310) 456-7799
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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JAKKS
PACIFIC, INC.
INDEX
TO FORM 8-K
FILED
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
MAY
20, 2009
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Item
8.01
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Other
Events
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Signatures
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Exhibit
Index
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Item
8.01 Other
Events
On May
20, 2009, we issued a press release announcing the issuance of a decision by the
United States Court of Appeals with respect to our lawsuit with World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. A copy of such release is annexed hereto as an
exhibit.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(c)
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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May
20, 2009 Press Release
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3
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
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JAKKS
PACIFIC, INC.
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Dated:
May 20, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Joel M. Bennett | |
| Joel M. Bennett | |||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
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Exhibit
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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May
20, 2009 Press Release
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22619
Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA 90265
T:
310-456-7799 F: 310-317-8527
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CONTACTS:
Genna
Rosenberg
JAKKS
Pacific, Inc.
(310)
455-6235
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Joel
Bennett
JAKKS Pacific,
Inc.
(310)
455-6210
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Court
of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of WWE
Lawsuit
Against JAKKS Pacific
MALIBU,
Calif. – May 20, 2009 – JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) announced that the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the judgment of the United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Karas, J.),
dismissing in its entirety WWE’s federal action against JAKKS and certain of its
officers.
Jack
Friedman, the Company’s Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, stated: “We are
pleased that both the Federal District Court and the Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit have dismissed WWE’s federal claims.”
About
JAKKS Pacific, Inc.
JAKKS
Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) is a leading designer and marketer of toys and
consumer products, with a wide range of products that feature some of the most
popular children's toy licenses in the world. JAKKS’ diverse portfolio
includes Action Figures, Art Activity Kits, Stationery, Writing Instruments,
Performance Kites, Water Toys, Sports Activity Toys, Vehicles,
Infant/Pre-School, Plush, Construction Toys, Electronics, Dolls, Dress-Up, Role
Play, and Pet Toys and Accessories, sold under various proprietary brands
including JAKKS Pacific®, Play Along®, Flying Colors®, Creative Designs
International™, Road Champs®, Child Guidance®, Pentech®, Funnoodle®, Go Fly a
Kite®, Color Workshop®, JAKKS Pets™, EyeClops®, Plug It In & Play TV Games™,
Girl Gourmet™, Kids Only®, Tollytots® and Disguise. JAKKS is an award-winning
licensee of several hundred nationally and internationally known trademarks
including Disney, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros., World Wrestling Entertainment,
Ultimate Fighting Championship, Graco and Cabbage Patch Kids. JAKKS and THQ Inc.
participate in a joint venture that has worldwide rights to publish and market
World Wrestling Entertainment video games. For further information, visit www.jakks.com.
This
press release may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that are based on current
expectations, estimates and projections about JAKKS Pacific's business based
partly on assumptions made by its management. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and
results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such
statements due to numerous factors, including, but not limited to, those
described above, changes in demand for JAKKS' products, product mix, the timing
of customer orders and deliveries, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, and difficulties with integrating acquired businesses. The
forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date on which
they are made, and JAKKS undertakes no obligation to update any of them to
reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
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