Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 20, 2017
Fight over rights to Japanese superhero goes to jury
Two Japanese companies locked horns last week in what may be their final battle for the rights to the popular Ultraman franchise.
LOS ANGELES — Two Japanese companies locked horns last week in what may be their final battle for the rights to the popular Ultraman franchise.
Attorneys for Tsuburaya Productions Co. Ltd. and UM Corporation delivered clashing closing arguments late on Thursday, marking the end of a two-week copyright trial and a 20-year legal battle that spanned four countries.
Tsuburaya Productions’ lead attorne...
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