Legal Opinion
Neil Gaiman and Marvels and Miracles, Llc, Plaintiffs-Appellees/cross-Appellants v. Todd McFarlane Defendants-Appellants/cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2004No. 03-1331, 03-1461PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Neil Gaiman brought suit under the Copyright Act against Todd McFarlane and corporations controlled by him that we can ignore, seeking a declaration that he (Gaiman) owns copyrights jointly with McFarlane in certain comic-book characters. Merchant v. Levy, 92 F.3d 51 (2d Cir.1996); Zuill v. Shanahan, 80 F.3d 1366 (9th Cir.1996); Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. v. Jerry Vogel Music Co., 161 F.2d 406 (2d Cir.1946). He sought additional relief under the Act, other provisions of federal law, and state law, as well. The case was tried to a jury, which brought in a verdict for…
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