Re: [scifinoir2] Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed
DUH. Should've gotten on the boat a year earlier, they. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote: > > > http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2010/04/05/13472016-wenn-story.html > > Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed > > By WENN.COM > > Comic book icon Stan Lee is breathing a sigh of relief after a New York > judge dismissed a $750 million suit filed against him and Marvel > Entertainment bosses challenging the copyright of his most famous > superhero characters. > > Lee was taken to court last year by Jose Abadin and Christopher Belland, > the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI), which was declared > bankrupt in 2001. > > They claimed Lee had harmed their interests when he signed away all his > rights in the Marvel Entertainment brand and the copyright to characters > like Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and X-Men to the > company in 1998 - a year before they acquired their shares in SLMI. > > Representatives for Lee and Marvel executives denied the allegations in > the lawsuit, stating it was filled with "ridiculous claims", and a > Manhattan federal judge ruled in their favour last week. > > U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty decided Abadin and Belland had no legal > standing to sue because they were not shareholders at the time of Lee's > Marvel deal. > > They were also criticized for only filing their lawsuit 10 years after > acquiring their company shares, insisting they "cannot wait a decade to > enforce their rights". > > Marvel Entertainment was taken over by Disney in December. > > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed
Why did they wait so long to file a suit?Each one of those characters has had multiple movie releases by now. I think they were thinking that if they waited the larger the paycheck. On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:01 PM, brent wodehouse < brent_wodeho...@thefence.us> wrote: > http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2010/04/05/13472016-wenn-story.html > > Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed > > By WENN.COM > > > Comic book icon Stan Lee is breathing a sigh of relief after a New York > judge dismissed a $750 million suit filed against him and Marvel > Entertainment bosses challenging the copyright of his most famous > superhero characters. > > Lee was taken to court last year by Jose Abadin and Christopher Belland, > the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI), which was declared > bankrupt in 2001. > > They claimed Lee had harmed their interests when he signed away all his > rights in the Marvel Entertainment brand and the copyright to characters > like Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and X-Men to the > company in 1998 - a year before they acquired their shares in SLMI. > > Representatives for Lee and Marvel executives denied the allegations in > the lawsuit, stating it was filled with "ridiculous claims", and a > Manhattan federal judge ruled in their favour last week. > > U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty decided Abadin and Belland had no legal > standing to sue because they were not shareholders at the time of Lee's > Marvel deal. > > They were also criticized for only filing their lawsuit 10 years after > acquiring their company shares, insisting they "cannot wait a decade to > enforce their rights". > > Marvel Entertainment was taken over by Disney in December. > > > > > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed
http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2010/04/05/13472016-wenn-story.html Lawsuit against Lee, Marvel tossed By WENN.COM Comic book icon Stan Lee is breathing a sigh of relief after a New York judge dismissed a $750 million suit filed against him and Marvel Entertainment bosses challenging the copyright of his most famous superhero characters. Lee was taken to court last year by Jose Abadin and Christopher Belland, the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. (SLMI), which was declared bankrupt in 2001. They claimed Lee had harmed their interests when he signed away all his rights in the Marvel Entertainment brand and the copyright to characters like Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four and X-Men to the company in 1998 - a year before they acquired their shares in SLMI. Representatives for Lee and Marvel executives denied the allegations in the lawsuit, stating it was filled with "ridiculous claims", and a Manhattan federal judge ruled in their favour last week. U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty decided Abadin and Belland had no legal standing to sue because they were not shareholders at the time of Lee's Marvel deal. They were also criticized for only filing their lawsuit 10 years after acquiring their company shares, insisting they "cannot wait a decade to enforce their rights". Marvel Entertainment was taken over by Disney in December.
