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U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 8, 2014

Supreme Court declines to review Superman case

By not taking a case between Warner Bros. and the heirs of a Superman co-creator, the U.S. Supreme Court has begged off on considering the complicated copyright issue of termination rights.


By Matthew Blake


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A U.S. Supreme Court announcement Monday that it will not take a case brought by a Superman co-creator's estate arguably leaves uncertain what "termination rights" authors' heirs have to reclaim control over expired, and sometimes very lucrative, copyrighted works.


"We will continue to have difficulty applying case law for some period in the future," said Marc S. Lee, a pa...

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