Jan. 12, 2013
In appeal over 'Superman' rights, studio prevails
The 9th Circuit handed Warner Bros. a huge victory in the fight over whether the studio or the two comic strip writers who invented him own Superman, effectively deciding more than a decade of courtroom clashes.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal appeals court handed Warner Bros. a huge victory in the fight over whether the studio or the two comic strip writers who invented him owns Superman, effectively deciding more than a decade of courtroom clashes and ahead of the studio's release of its big-budget "Man of Steel" movie in June.
Reversing a lower court, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel said Thursday that the ...
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