Entertainment & Sports
Jul. 10, 2009
Judge: Comic Deal Was Market Value
Citing a lack of evidence, a U.S. District judge in Riverside ruled Wednesday that Warner Bros. did not pay sibling company DC Comics a less-than-market rate for licensing rights to Superman as the plaintiff in the case alleged.
By Jean-Luc Renault
Daily Journal Staff Writer Citing a lack of evidence, a U.S. District judge in Riverside ruled Wednesday that Warner Bros. did not pay sibling company DC Comics a less-than-market rate for licensing rights to Superman as the plaintiff in the case accused. The decision came at the end of a 10-day bench trial that was an offshoot of an ongoing copyright case between the two Time Warner-owned companies and Joanne Siegel and Laur...
Daily Journal Staff Writer Citing a lack of evidence, a U.S. District judge in Riverside ruled Wednesday that Warner Bros. did not pay sibling company DC Comics a less-than-market rate for licensing rights to Superman as the plaintiff in the case accused. The decision came at the end of a 10-day bench trial that was an offshoot of an ongoing copyright case between the two Time Warner-owned companies and Joanne Siegel and Laur...
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