Legal Opinion
Gary Friedrich Enterprises, LLC v. Marvel Characters, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 11, 2013No. 12-893PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, Circuit Judge:
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In 1972, the Marvel Comics Group published a comic book featuring the “Ghost Rider” — a motorcycle-riding superhero with supernatural powers and a flaming skull for a head. The issue — which sold for twenty cents — told the story of Johnny Blaze, a motorcycle stunt rider who promised his soul to the devil to save his adoptive father from cancer.
In this case, plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellant Gary Friedrich contends that he conceived the Ghost Rider, the related characters, and the origin story, and that he owns the renewal term copyrights in those works.…
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