Marvel and DC have lost their trademarks for the terms "super hero" and "super heroes" after holding onto them for decades. As reported by Reuters, DC allegedly threated legal action and accused S.J.
In terms of Marvel's superhero teams, the X-Men have a seeming monopoly on superspeed, with heroes like Northstar, Aurora, Transonic, Quick, Meanstreak and Speed. However, there are other heroic ...
You've now got free reign to use the term Super Hero, as DC and Marvel have lost their joint trademark over the term. I think we should just throw the trademark system out. Let's just get rid of it, ...
“Enjoy your reign while you may, Superman. For surely as night follows day, there comes a time when even gods must die.” – Lex Luthor, Superman: Doomsday Last month, the creators of beloved characters ...
It may have been late in the day. But Marvel and DC Comics losing their rights to the super hero trademark after fifty years was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Welcome to Lying In ...
Sept 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. Trademark Office tribunal has canceled a set of "Super Hero" trademarks jointly owned by comic giants Marvel and DC at the request of a London-based comic book artist, ...
DC Comics and Marvel Comics registered a joint trademark of the word “superhero” in 1977, and it was eventually approved in 1979. Since then they have ...
A challenge from a children’s comic series has invalidated long-held super hero trademarks owned by Marvel and DC. A challenge from a children’s comic series has invalidated long-held super hero ...