marvel stripping sny of spidey rights

i wonder what this will mean for the supposed merger, hehehe

SEALED PAPERS: MARVEL ASKS COURT TO REVOKE SONY'S 'SPIDERMAN' LICENSE

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SONY may be on the verge of losing its SPIDERMAN blockbuster franchise, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal, after MARVEL CHARACTERS INC. accuses the Japanese media giant of fraudulent inducement to make a contract and engaging in unfair competition.

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Sealed court papers show MARVEL wants to revoke SONY's SPIDERMAN license, it has been learned.

Both sides are set to square off on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court before Judge Alexander Williams III.

The first SPIDERMAN grossed $403,706,375. With a lucrative sequel pending, and a planned SPIDERMAN 3, the case has quickly become top draw on Litigate Lane.

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MARVEL wants to revoke the SPIDERMAN license; MARVEL wants injunctive relief, and is asking the court to enjoin SONY from going forward with the SPIDERMAN license, insiders tell DRUDGE.

The loss of SPIDERMAN could affect all of SONY's future financial plans for its U.S. entertainment company.

MARVEL accuses SONY of literally kidnapping Spidey.

MARVEL is not upset about the way SONY made the movies; it's about the way SONY is handling the merchandising.

MARVEL retained merchandising rights but agreed to a joint venture for some of the SPIDERMAN merchandising, insiders say.

In sealed papers, MARVEL says SONY should not continue advertising SPIDERMAN as a SONY character and marketing him as such through a constellation of SONY consumer products.

SONY had courted MARVEL very aggressively to get the licensing rights and promised the merchandising joint venture would not interfere with the comic co's own merchandising.

MARVEL is accusing SONY of doing everything it can to disassociate SPIDERMAN and MARVEL in the minds of retailers.

MARVEL also feels SONY has wrongfully withheld several millions of dollars it is owed.

Well, it did say 'Drudge' several times.

No.

-=[ The BlakGard ]=- 'Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injusell, it did say 'Drudge' several times.

No.

-=[ The BlakGard ]=- 'Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold!'

Dunno what the Drudge Report is. Erm, what is it?

Online news site, run by Matt Drudge. Probably most noted for scoops during the Clinton scandals. http://www.drudgereport.com

(So when do we get the reports about Peter Parker being a womaniser?)

Matt Drudge is a 'reporter' (For Fox News I think) who has his own website 'the Drudge Report' at http://www.drudgereport.com/

Well, they can't make ANY movies on their own. That's sort of the point.

This whole thing smacks of tactical manoeuvring in some wider picture going on behind the scenes.

Well, it didn't look like Tobey was going to make it anyway.

-=[ The BlakGard ]=- 'Somewhere there's danger; somewhereell, it didn't look like Tobey was going to make it anyway.

-=[ The BlakGard ]=- 'Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold!'

Doesn't this seem like an April Fools joke?

Does the rest of Uerope celebrate more Christian holidays than we do?

I think it's more that in Europe, we like the idea of having a long weekend in the spring, and Easter is a convenient excuse. Religious connotations are virtually irrelevant. It's just a nice idea to have some harmonised public holidays dotted throughout the year.

These days, a lot of the UK's public holidays don't commemorate anything at all. (We used to take May 1 off, but it was moved to an arbitrary date by the Conservatives in the 1980s, because they disapproved of the Socialist connotations of May Day.)

Exactly. Check out Aintitcool.com. He had posted an article about 30 minutes after Drudge broke the story.

It is here in Pasadena,TX. That's right, they don't care what religion you are, as long as its Christian.

Col

Being an Alan Scott fan is alot like being a pagan in america...you know others exist but you never see them on tv.