Tag: The Legal View
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, Judge Otis Wright has issued the court's official final judgments...
Siegel Superman case ends (almost)
As expected, the district court has ruled that the 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the Siegels is binding and did indeed transfer the Superman copyright to DC. But what about Superboy?This is how...
The Eyes of Joanne Siegel
In 2008, the Siegel family won a historic courtroom victory. So why did they risk it all on an appeal? An encounter between Jerry Siegel's widow, Joanne, and Super Boys author Brad Ricca provides a telling clue. 
Today’s Superman Rulings Explained
After a surprising victory in 2008, Siegel attorney Marc Toberoff decided to press for the rights to more Superman material.
Instead, he lost everything that the Siegel heirs and he himself had won.
Today the Ninth...
