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Lens representing Marvel and Marc Toberoff, representing Steve Ditko's estate run by Patrick S Ditko, have written to the presiding Judge Kaplan stating "We write on behalf of Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant Marvel Characters Inc., on the one hand, and Defendant and Counterclaimant Patrick S Ditko, on the other (collectively, the "Parties"), to advise the Court[...]

On behalf of these parties, attorney Marc Toberoff brought such copyright termination attempts in regard to these properties.  Marvel in turn filed lawsuits against Larry Lieber and the estates of Don Heck, Gene Colan, and Don Rico However, no settlement has been reached in the case of the estate of Steve Ditko, which seeks to[...]

And on that decision hangs many other such cases – including Marvel Comics' sixties characters and so much more. It is noted that when Jack Kirby's estate petitioned the Supreme Court for copyright reversal, that it was then, and only then, that Disney paid out what is reported to be $30-$35 million to settle the case[...]

and DC Comics. Siegel's daughter Laura Siegel Larson, had brought a case against Warners in 2004, three years after making a deal with Warners over termination rights to the character, stating that there was no binding contract However, in 2013, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Warners owned that character, decided that a letter signed in 2001 sent my attorney[...]

Recently, the estate of Jack Kirby represented by lawyer Marc Toberoff was to take Marvel and Disney to the Supreme Court In a case that, if won, would have redefined work for hire and creator ownership for the whole of the United States. Marvel and Disney settled. Bleeding Cool was informed by close, but confidential sources, that[...]

At the New York Comic Con, one of the oft-discussed stories was the settlement between the estate of the late Jack Kirby, co-creator of the Hulk, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Captain America, X-Men, Silver Surfer and so much, represented by Marc Toberoff, and Marvel Comics, now owned by Disney. The suit, if successful, would have redefined work-for-hire[...]

Today, Marvel are due to respond to the case from Jack Kirby's family and estate, represented by Marc Toberoff, regarding the definition of work for hire in a freelance capacity – which the Supreme Court will be considering whether or not to hear in September This could impact on the ownership and revenue created by[...]

Done re=ather well, no one can deny it. But just as the estate of Jack Kirby have gone to the Supreme Court over the transference of rights from Marvel to the Kirbys, might Great Britain engage lawyer Marc Toberoff to see if we can get the rights to the USA back? And after all, when that[...]

"I would like to suggest, to anyone in the media, that they won't be wasting their time if they follow the 'Jack Kirby rights at the Supreme Court' story,

This is about supply and demand." Oh, and… DC Comics declined to be interviewed for this story. Well they are a bit busy… read on. COURT IN THE ACT Marc Toberoff is having fun in court again, trying to dismiss DC Comics suit against him for copyright interference. This week's motion says that regardless of DC's claims, they ran down the[...]

Terms of any settlement aren't known. Looks like Al won't be calling himself Spawn any more… They also mention that Siegel and Shuster lawyer Marc Toberoff is appealing the Superman decision case, and that Warners/DC Entertainment are appealing to get their costs in the trial back. We reported on what appeared to be a rather ridiculous legal[...]

Daniel Best of Oh Danny Boy presents the legal document that will give Marc Toberoff and the Siegel and Shuster estates an un-merry Christmas But give DC Entertainment lawyers some festive cheer That the judge has ruled "…the copyright termination notice served by the Estate of Joseph Shuster on November 10, 2003, is deemed invalid and[...]

The Siegel and Shuster representative, Marc Toberoff, argues that Warners changed the terms of the 2001 agreement – which was only in principle – and that the 2006 agreement letter was invalidated by Warner's replies that amended what royalties the heirs would receive. While DC continues to argue that Toberoff tempted the Siegels and Shusters away[...]

 Best says in part: In between appeals against the Siegel heirs, consisting of claim and counter claim and co-counter claim, came this latest round of filings, and their associated documents consisting of just under 1,000 separate pages, apparently from the collection of Paul Levitz.  DC's stance is that, for a mere $600,000, which has already been[...]

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How ugly is this? As part of Marc Toberoff's appeal against Marvel Comics on behalf of the estate of Jack Kirby, over gaining copyright of the likes of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor and The Avengers, the paperwork goes straight for the Stan Lee jugular. They state that Marvel's case, that Jack Kirby's contribution to Marvel during[...]

Wright to deny Marc Toberoff's motion to strike several claims in DC Comics v Pacific Pictures Corp first came to my attention from a post by Mark Zaid, a Washington, DC attorney specializing in cases involving national security, who also has an interest in comics and the intersection between comics and the law —  last[...]

Bleeding Cool presents the full document in today's historic win by Marvel against Marc Toberoff and the estate of Jack Kirby in court. The New York court ruled today in the Kirby v Marvel case, finding that Kirby's work was "work-for-hire" under the 1909 Copyright Law, and so was not entitled to termination (and thus, the[...]

Hollywood Reporter has revelaed what's in the stolen documents that DC Comics is now being allowed to use in its case against Marc Toberoff, who is suing DC and Warner on behalf of the Siegel and Shuster estates for the return of copyright ownership of Superman It reports; One of those documents is a letter dated[...]