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April 19, 2013: Warner Bros. Also Wins Superboy Copyright Legal Battle

Superboy Deadline.com reports that the legal battle between Warner Bros. and the heirs of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster is effectively over, with a US District Court Judge ruling that the studio now fully owns the rights to the character of Superboy as well.

    "The Court holds that the 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the Siegels re-granted the Siegels' Superman, Superboy, and a Superman advertisements that ran in the 1930s to DC in return for substantial advances and royalties," wrote Judge Otis Wright III today (read it here). "The remainder of Defendants' Motion is therefore Granted and this litigation of superhero proportions now draws to a close," the federal judge added in not uncharacteristic fashion.

    This order adds to the March 20 decision by Wright granting WB and DC a partial summary judgment in cases brought by Laura Siegel Larson and the estate of Joanne Siegel. The order confirms the studio and its subsidiary's long contention that the multi-million dollar 2001 agreement between itself and the heirs granted them the rights to Superman character.

Source: Deadline.com.


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