July 29, 2015
Stan Lee Media Inc. was ordered Wednesday to pay over $140,000 in attorneys' fees to Disney Enterprises Inc. and Marvel Characters Inc. in their Spider-Man copyright and trademark suit against a Pennsylvania theater, for making arguments that were "marginal" though not absolutely frivolous.
April 27, 2015
A Pennsylvania theater has agreed to cease its use of Spider-Man and other Disney items without permission or pay a hefty fine, in a settlement that concludes a copyright and trademark infringement suit mounted by the entertainment giant and Marvel Comics.
December 09, 2014
Stan Lee Media Inc. urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday to reject The Walt Disney Co.'s bid for attorneys' fees in a copyright infringement suit over properties that include "Spider-Man," saying Disney failed to meet its requirements under the Copyright Act to obtain fees.
October 30, 2014
A second judge in as many days has rejected Stan Lee Media Inc.'s oft-asserted claim that it owns the rights to Spider-Man and other lucrative Marvel Comics characters created by its former president, booting the litigious company Thursday from a suit The Walt Disney Co. filed against a Pennsylvania theater.
September 16, 2014
The Walt Disney Co. on Monday urged a Pennsylvania federal court to rule that Pennsylvania-based American Music Theatre committed copyright and trademark infringement when the company staged a revue of Broadway highlights that included properties such as "Spider-Man," "The Lion King" and "Marry Poppins."
May 22, 2014
The Walt Disney Co. fired back Wednesday at claims that the U.S. Supreme Court's "Raging Bull" ruling would help Stan Lee Media Inc.'s yearslong quest to prove that it's the rightful owner of Spider-Man, saying the decision had no bearing on the case.
May 21, 2014
A day after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its "Raging Bull" ruling on delayed copyright litigation, Stan Lee Media Inc. incorporated the decision Tuesday into its years-long quest to prove that it, rather than The Walt Disney Co., owns the rights to Spider-Man.
March 24, 2014
Disney Enterprises Inc. on Friday doubled down on its attack against the recent entrance of Stan Lee Media Inc. into the entertainment giant's copyright infringement suit against a Pennsylvania theater, urging a federal court to block SLMI's intervention because its ownership claims are doomed to fail.
February 18, 2014
The Walt Disney Co. on Friday attacked the recent entrance of Stan Lee Media Inc. into the entertainment giant's copyright infringement suit against a Pennsylvania theater, calling it "yet another effort to relitigate its failed claim" to Spider-Man and other lucrative Marvel Comics characters.
February 07, 2014
Stan Lee Media Inc., which has unsuccessfully claimed for years to own the rights to Spider-Man, sued a Walt Disney Co. unit in Pennsylvania federal court on Friday, seeking to join a dispute between Disney and a local Pennsylvania theater over licensing for the copyrighted superhero.