13 years later, Ed Kramer is finally going to trial this December
After delays, house arrest and an endless sucession of lawsuits, former Dragon Con co-founder Ed Kramer is finally going to trial After a hearing,...
Must Read: Jeff Trexler’s Taking Back the Kirby Case
I'm late linking to this, but it took a while to get through it since it's full of legal reasoning. Frequent Beat legal contributor...
Good site: PD56, copyrights that should have lapsed but didn’t
In one of his comments, frequent Beat commenter Jason A. Quest linked to his websitePD56 | works that should have become Public Domain after 56...
Marvel wins appeal in lawsuit brought by Jack Kirby’s heirs
Another chapter in the long battle over Marvel's characters ended today when a three-person New York appeals court upheld Marvel's victory in a lawsuit...
Marvel is free from paying web shooter toy inventor royalties
Chalk up another legal win for Marvel Enterprises. Tuesday, the 9th Circuit Courts of Appeals ruled that Marvel no longer has to pay...
Nancy Collins calls off the Dragon*Con boycott
Author Nancy Collins has been relentless in publicizing the connection between Dragon-Con and Ed Kramer -- in fact it's undoubtedly due to her efforts...
Dragon*Con officially splits with accused molester Ed Kramer — UPDATED
Finally! You can dress up as a sexy Starship Trooper or Winnie the Pooh and march around with a light heart knowing that you...
UPDATED: Ghost Rider trial set for November — jury not a sure thing
It's on! Or it will be in November, when a POSSIBLE 8 person jury gets to decide if Gary Friedrich or Marvel own...
Appeals court revives Gary Friedrich’s Ghost Rider lawsuit
When last we saw comics writer Gary Friedrich, he was badly losing a law suit to gain control of the character Ghost Rider and...
Bizarro Free Comic Book Day crime spree
Free Comic Book Day on Saturday was an immensely successful event which saw hundreds of signings, thousands of comics given away and untold happy...
Dragon*Con under fire from more professionals
As reported last week, the incarceration and legal maneuvering of accused sex offender and Drgon*Con founder Ed Kramer has led more people, including professionals, to call for a boycott of the con while Keamer is receiving money for it. Tony Isabella, who attended the con far in the past, still has what might be termed a vivid account of it:
The Legal View: Siegel Court Issues Final Judgments
The Superman and Superboy lawsuits are officially over, pending appeal.After an obligatory mop-up opinion whose outcome & reasoning was foreshadowed in my previous post,...
