2013 Merchandise & Miscellaneous News Archives

April 5, 2013: Marc Toberoff Dodges Superman Legal Fees

Superman Court Case According to HollywoodReporter.com, Marc Toberoff, the attorney representing the estates of Superman's co-creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, will not be made to pay Warner Bros. the $500,000 in legal fees in the long-running court battle over the rights to Superman.

    In coming to a decision, the judge had to analyze whether the litigation commenced over Superman rights was frivolous and objectionably unreasonable.

    The judge says that Toberoff and his clients had latitude to advocate their positions, especially given the lack of clarity on termination provisions under the Copyright Act.

    "Though Defendants did not ultimately prevail, their argument rested on several different primary and secondary authorities," writes the judge. "Defendants sought to explore the boundaries of a relatively green area of copyright law and did so without traversing the bounds of reasonableness."

Read the complete ruling at the Hollywood Reporter website.



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