• Marvel Characters v. Kirby, 11-3333-cv

    Publication Date: 2013-08-09
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Cabranes, Sack, and Carney, CJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees and Counter-Defendants-Appellees: James W. Quinn, Randi W. Singer, Gregory Silbert, on the brief, R. Bruce Rich Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York; David Fleischer, Haynes and Boone, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellants: Marc Toberoff, Toberoff & Associates, P.C., Malibu, California.

    Case Number: 11-3333-cv

    Cite as: Marvel Characters v. Kirby, 11-3333-cv, NYLJ 1202614635496, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided August 8, 2013) 11-3333-cv Before: Cabranes, Sack, an

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