lawsuit Archives

It was the Con War to end all Con Wars. Until the appeal at least. But San Diego Comic-Con has won the court case against Salt Lake Comic Con over the use

Nye says that when he tried to negotiate, the company stopped paying royalties in 2008, and according to the lawsuit, " failed to engage in the process in good faith" in what it calls "an ongoing, deliberate conspiracy to deceive Mr Nye." Nye says Disney owes him $9.4 million as a result Disney has yet to respond[...]

According to a report from THR, the lawsuit alleges that Lichtman helped to develop Miller's career as his manager for 30 years, and that he was entitled, according to their original contract, to 10% of Miller's earnings from entertainment deals. In the lawsuit, Lichtman's lawyer says that Silenn Thomas, who started working with Miller in 2006 pushed[...]

File this under, "so this is a thing that is happening, (as well as things discovered through Variety)": there is an ongoing class-action lawsuit against MGM and 20th Century Fox claiming that an allegedly complete James Bond DVD box set was, in reality, incomplete The suit claims that it was deceptively marketed as a complete collection when[...]

We've all heard the stories about how Konami seems to have "communication problems," but when you get threatened with a lawsuit, those problems tend to go away very quickly Last week, retired Argentine professional footballer Diego Maradona wrote on Facebook that he was going to sue Konami for using his likeness without permission Kinda hard[...]

The Walt Disney Co is the subject of a new lawsuit alleging they stole the concept for the Oscar winning film Zootopia from screenwriter Gary Goldman The lawsuit, filed by Esplanade Productions, Inc against Disney and several of its divisions, refers to the Gary Goldman whose credits include writing the movies Big Trouble In Little China,[...]

Almost nothing can top the excitement of watching the larger-than-life battle of good vs. evil play out in the middle of a wrestling ring. We say "almost"

Riot Games, publisher of the massively popular League Of Legends, won a $10 million lawsuit over the weekend involving a cheating ring, which includes a court-ordered ban on the company's websites, which Riot are now in control of The case came against LeagueSharp, who were sued by the company back in August 2016 for creating a[...]

A lawsuit was filed this week alleging that Warner Bros used the work of composers Robert and Aron Marderosian without an agreement for the theme song to the television show Lucifer The lawsuit was first reported on by The Wrap. From the court filing: Plaintiffs Robert J Marderosian and Aron M Marderosian (known as the "Mardos") wrote,[...]

They also have been about as sanctimonious as possible when addressing the lawsuit "We want to provide all of the studios a light" on what the law does and doesn't allow "Some have privately expressed their hope that we can overcome," said General Counsel David Quinto. It appears that parents worried about language, sex, or violence[...]

After seven years not speaking to each other (and with a few lawsuits in the middle), a statement has been released stating that the co-creator of Asterix, Albert Uderzo and his wife Ada Uderzo have reconciled with their daughter Sylvie Uderzo, ending a seven-year conflict of legal proceedings. The announcement followed a ruling today from the Appeal Court of Versailles in a[...]

The lawsuit originally filed by Gary Friedrich vs Marvel Comics (And now Disney) has been settled according to Reuters. This has been quite the legal battle starting with Friedrich's claim of ownership of Ghost Rider and the initial outcome not only being in Marvel's favor but demanding the artist pay $17,000 for selling prints of the character at conventions[...]

Something is happening with the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One Collector's Set, which would have collected the Marvel Studios movies on Blu Ray. It

Blimey. "Kirkman is a proud liar and fraudster who freely admits he has no qualm misprepresenting material facts in order to consummate business transactions" is how the new language in the lawsuit against Robert Kirkman, co-creator of The Walking Dead, on behalf of Tony Moore – the other co-creator of The Walking Dead, reads. Filed Tuesday in[...]

The Dynamite/Dynamic Forces response to the Edgar Rice Burroughs suit against them over the publication of Joh Carter and Tarzan comics has thrown up some

Thanks to Daniel Best who pulled out a bunch of legal papers on the Neil Gaiman/Todd McFarlane case over owed moneys, showing that as part of the lawsuit, and the subsequent bankruptcy of one of Todd McFarlane's companies, he had to pay $382,000 into an escrow holding system, which Daniel estimates as $450,000 now after[...]

Steve Bissette has requested that the post below, revised, should be spread near and far. Anything to oblige Steve. Readers may also want to check ALERT,

Bleeding Cool has been following the lawsuits by writer Ken Penders against Archie Comics, Sega and Electronic Arts (owners of Bioware) over a number of Sonic The Hedgehog-related comics he wrote in the nineties, in which details and invented characters he claims have been adapted into Sonic video games, specifically Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood,[...]

UPDATE: The files below are from the submitted documents by Marvel to the judge in the continuing lawsuit, and are intended to reflect Marvel's case. Roy Thomas is a comic book writer, editor, and historian who first began writing for Marvel in 1965, later became a Marvel editor as well, and ultimately served as Stan Lee's[...]

UPDATE: The files below are from the submitted documents by Marvel to the judge in the continuing lawsuit, and are intended to reflect Marvel's case. Observers of the ongoing Kirby family v Marvel case have long wondered what Stan Lee would have to say on the subject Now, finally, we get to find out [...]

UPDATE: The files below are from the submitted documents by Marvel to the judge in the continuing lawsuit, and are intended to reflect Marvel's case. John Romita is a legendary comic book artist who is most closely associated with his work on Spider-Man beginning in 1966, but he has had a wide-ranging career which began in[...]

On November 22, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York filed a decision on motions in the ongoing Kirby Family vs Marvel/Disney

The two-store comic shop Comix Revolution of Illinois has registered the website olivebranchlawsuit.com, with one of the stores' managers as a contact While the site currently lists a "Coming Soon" tag and nothing else, a Google Cache search reveals that initially it consisted of a form asking the reader to submit their store name, Diamond[...]