Disney and other major film studios cannot dodge lawsuits claiming they used stolen technology to create lifelike animated characters in top-grossing films like “Beauty and the Beast,” a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreMarvel Comics’ Stan Lee filed a restraining order against a man who up until earlier this week was acting as his business manager, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Read moreSAN DIEGO (CN) – San Diego Comic-Con asked a federal judge Thursday to bar the use of its trademark by
Read moreViacom has established trademark rights to the fictional restaurant The Krusty Krab where animated chef SpongeBob SquarePants is known for dishing out tasty burgers, the Fifth Circuit affirmed Tuesday, so an aspiring restaurateur cannot use the name for seafood diners.
Read moreA cherubic British cartoon character has become an unlikely target of China’s censors as fans use her porcine likeness in rap videos and “gangster” tattoos.
Read moreComic book creator Stan Lee, 95, is suing his former business manager in a fraud and elder abuse lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Friday, claiming that he stole over $4 million dollars and even set up a scheme to sell Lee’s blood as a collector’s item.
Read moreNew York’s top court dismissed privacy claims Thursday over a supposed caricature of Lindsay Lohan depicted in the video game “Grand Theft Auto V.”
Read moreBecause human beings perform the “lion’s share” of creative work to make hit films successful, a technology firm can’t claim ownership of animated movies produced by Walt Disney and other major studios, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreEsplanade Productions accuses The Walt Disney Co. of serial plagiarism, including Esplanade’s “Zootopia” franchise, in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreDetermined to open a chain of restaurants called The Krusty Krab, a Houston man’s attorney told the Fifth Circuit on Monday that Viacom does not have trademark rights to the fictional restaurant where cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants works the grill.
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Viacom has sued a New Mexico-based nonprofit in federal court, warning it had better stop featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in its anti-bullying campaign, or else.
Read moreA federal judge seemed inclined Thursday to rule that humans play a bigger role than technology in making animated films successful: a finding that could spell trouble for copyright lawsuits against Walt Disney and other major studios.
Read moreA federal judge has ruled a comic website can’t dodge copyright infringement claims for its reimagining of Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” which incorporates “Star Trek” into the children’s classic.
Read moreA six-person jury late Friday found San Diego Comic-Con’s trademark is valid and enforceable, and awarded the decades-old comic convention $20,000 in damages caused by another city convention’s use of the mark.
Read moreDuring closing arguments Thursday, San Diego Comic-Con’s attorney called the use of its trademark by Salt Lake Comic Con a “slap in the face” before asking jurors to award the decades-old comic convention $12 million in damages.
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During a tense exchange in the Comic Con trademark trial Wednesday, the cofounder of Salt Lake Comic Con testified that he knew San Diego Comic-Con had a trademark, but used it anyway, since other events were doing so.
Read moreA clothing company tried Tuesday to persuade a Sixth Circuit panel that merchandise from Nickelodeon’s “Bubble Guppies” TV show infringes on its trademarks for Guppie Kid apparel.
Read moreThe organizers behind the annual Anime Boston convention have laid down the gauntlet for Japanese pop culture appreciation in the Bay State by suing the organizers of a competing event.
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