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The dispute between the Beastie Boys and toy company GoldieBlox over the latter's use of the song "Girls" in an ad is coming to a head in the form of a new lawsuit, The New York Times reports. In a suit filed in California yesterday— a countersuit to a preemptive filing GoldieBlox made last month—the Beastie Boys claim that GoldieBlox "has engaged in the systematic infringement of intellectual property."

"GoldieBlox achieved and continues to achieve additional publicity, press coverage, and, upon information and belief, greater sales of its products, as a direct result of the Beastie Boys' perceived affiliation with the GoldieBlox Advertisement," the suit reads. "Unfortunately, rather than developing an original advertising campaign to inspire its customers to create and innovate, GoldieBlox has instead developed an advertising campaign that condones and encourages stealing from others."

The Beastie Boys maintain that "GoldieBlox's conduct has been intentional and willful." As far as damages, the suit claims that "the Beastie Boys Parties have suffered and will continue to suffer injury in an amount not presently known... [and] are entitled to recover from GoldieBlox the damages and lost profits they have sustained as a result of GoldieBlox's unlawful acts of copyright infringement and to recover from GoldieBlox the gains, profits, and advantages GoldieBlox has obtained as a result of the wrongful conduct alleged herein."

Previously, GoldieBlox issued an 11th-hour mea culpa and took the video down.

Read the entire suit here.