Kirby heirs sue for copyright.....
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:35 am
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/03/16/ki ... more-10263
(more at URL linked above....)... the family of Jack Kirby has officially filed a lawsuit seeking to regain the copyright of the Marvel characters he co-created, including The FF, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Nick Fury and The Avengers. The entire complaint is available here.
The move comes after a series of legal maneuverings that left little doubt that this is where the matter was headed. In September, the Kirbys formally filed for copyright termination on 45 Marvel characters. In December, Marvel filed its own lawsuit, asking a judge to set aside the copyright termination on the grounds that the characters were created as work-for-hire.