December 20, 2019
From Jerry Seinfeld to Taylor Swift to a pair of U.S. Supreme Court decisions, 2019 saw a slew of rulings on important copyright cases. To keep it all straight, here's a breakdown of the 10 biggest ones you need to remember, plus 10 more you should know that didn't make the cut.
July 15, 2019
A Manhattan federal judge on Monday tossed out a lawsuit claiming Walt Disney's Marvel Entertainment ripped off the design of an "Iron Man 3" movie poster from an earlier comic book, ruling there was no proof that the studio had ever seen the comic.
May 29, 2019
Two comic book artists battled a bid by Disney's Marvel Entertainment to bring their copyright lawsuit over an "Iron Man 3" poster to an untimely end in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, calling testimony from entertainment executives "very suspicious."
April 26, 2019
Two comic artists argued Thursday they should be allowed to pursue copyright infringement claims against Disney's Marvel Entertainment for allegedly ripping off their armor designs for an "Iron Man 3" poster, and raised allegations that Marvel's top editor perjured himself while being deposed for the case.
March 25, 2019
Disney's Marvel Entertainment unit urged a New York federal court Monday to grant it a win in a copyright infringement suit accusing the studio of ripping off other artists' designs for the armor featured in an "Iron Man 3" poster, calling the allegations "willfully naïve."
June 06, 2018
Paramount Pictures Corp. on Wednesday was freed from a New York copyright infringement suit alleging it, together with Disney's Marvel Entertainment unit and other companies involved in the making of the Avengers films, copied other artists' design in creating the armor for Iron Man.
March 27, 2017
Marvel on Monday won partial dismissal of an infringement suit alleging it stole the body armor design worn by Iron Man from two comic book artists, though a New York federal court allowed a claim, saying a promotional poster bore similarity to one from the artists' comic book series.