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February 12, 2012: Update on Superman Legal Battle

Superman Court Case In its efforts to restore its exclusivity rights to the Superman character and to void the agreements the Siegel family and Shuster estate had made with their legal representative, attorney Marc Toberoff, DC Comics has successfully been granted access to documents that were allegedly stolen from Toberoff's law firm.

    DC Comics and Warner Brothers sued lawyer Marc Toberoff, claiming that he had improperly claimed an interest in the continued exploitation of the Man Of Steel.

    The publisher's complaint says that Toberoff persuaded the Siegel and Shuster's heirs to terminate their agreements with DC Comics and file invalid copyright notices. The heirs entered into a joint venture with Toberoff's Pacific Pictures Corp., granting him a controlling stake in the heirs' interest in the superhero character.

    The documents at issue were unearthed during a theft investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office, and detailed Toberoff's interactions with the estates.

    Magistrate Judge Ralph Zaresky ruled that DC comics should have access to the documents last year, over Toberoff's objections that he had an agreement with the government to keep the documents under wraps.

The court case continues...

Source: CourthouseNews.com.



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