Marvel sues to keep Spider-Man, X-Men Copyrights

[koontz1973]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

In addition DC still holds the rights to a lot of the key elements of the Superman mythology, like Superman being able to fly, the characters Lex Luther and Jimmy Olson, and other Superman powers, meaning if a company wanted to make a Superman movie they'd likely have to get rights from both the Siegels and DC.

The way the Spiderman and X-Men case is different than Superman's is that Superman was created independently and sold to DC, while Marvel claims that the Spiderman/X-Men creator was hired to produce new characters and therefore doesn't have a claim.

Do not be so sure, I agree with you in the most part, but I cannot see a lawyer and the family putting in the time and effort + money to take Marvel to court if they did not have a chance of winning. Many a judge has made a bad/stupid call.

As we the fans do not know what the original agreements are, this is all speculation but a good contract back then could be a badly worded one now. A word or phrase put in or left out could give the family a chance.