Legal Opinion
Stan Lee Media, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 23, 2014No. 13-1407PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
Over the course of the last three-quarters of a century, Marvel Enterprises created a comic universe of unparalleled proportions. With comic-book legend Stan Lee at the helm as editor-in-chief of its comic-book division, Marvel constructed a fictional landscape of imaginative superheroes, elaborate narratives, and overlapping storylines. During this time period, the commercial popularity of these comic-book characters, including iconic figures like Spider-Man and the Avengers, intensified, steadily gaining devoted followers eager to consume the product. Eventually,…
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