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Judge Favors Lee In Spidey Suit

A federal judge has ordered Marvel Enterprises Inc. to pay Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, 10 percent of Marvel's profits from the Spider-Man movies, the Reuters news service reported. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the comic publisher to pay Lee a share of proceeds it has received since November 1998 from movies, television shows and movie-related toys manufactured by Marvel. The judgment stems from a suit filed by Lee.

Marvel said it would appeal the ruling, Reuters reported.

Marvel said the court rejected a claim by Lee, who is now chief creative officer for POW! Entertainment, to share in proceeds from third-party licensees of movie-related merchandise. But the court left unresolved Lee's claim that he is entitled to a share of profits from Marvel's joint venture with Sony Corp. related to Spider-Man movie merchandise and to a share of Marvel's international profits from the Hulk movie merchandise licensing program with Universal Studios. Those claims will be heard in a forthcoming jury trial, Reuters reported.

Universal is owned by NBC Universal, which also owns SCIFI.COM.

via: Science Fiction News of the Week

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