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Spiderman, Sony vs Marvel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the legal-web-slinging dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It now looks like Marvel has a dispute with Sony over Spiderman. This short report tells how Sony is trying to take over Spiderman. First we saw the dispute between Marvel and Stan Lee, and now this."

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  1. I'm confused... by Xerithane · · Score: 5, Informative

    I see Marvel has a point with the merchandising, that they are supposed to do most of it with the joint agreement. I'm not sure how Sony is violating Marvel's rights on the Spiderman franchise because as far as I can tell, they're making movies.

    This is a really horrible report, so Google News comes to the rescue and I found a fanboy site with a lot more information.

    Hope it helps, because the Drudge report was just confusing.

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    1. Re:I'm confused... by Dr+Caleb · · Score: 4, Informative
      From reading the article, I glean that Sony is advertising Spidey in such a way as to not include Marvel in any way.

      "Spiderman" by Sony Entertainment. No mention of Marvel anywhere. At least, that is what I get from "MARVEL is accusing SONY of doing everything it can to disassociate SPIDERMAN and MARVEL in the minds of retailers."

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  2. I remember the day... by NineNine · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... when Spiderman wasn't a corporate trademark to be argued over, but just a cool comic book that I'd pick up and read. So nice to have the corporate legal eagles shit all over it.

  3. Knowles Knows by Malicious · · Score: 4, Informative

    Harry Knowles has explained the scenario pretty well already.

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