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August 16, 2011


Marc Toberoff Files Appeal On Behalf Of Kirby Heirs

You can read the story from hobby business news and analysis site here, and the Deadline story here. Although I think there's a distinction between the estate and Kirby's heirs, and it's the latter involved in the suit against Marvel over copyrights for work Jack Kirby created, both article pretty much say the same thing: this was expected, attorney Marc Toberoff has had success with cases like these in part because of his dogged pursuit of them, this is just beginning, and so on. A summary judgment is considered not just a loss but a bad loss, and it will be interesting to see on what basis Toberoff grounds the appeal.
 
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