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MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP v. ARP FILMS, INC.

Nos. 86 Civ 6751 (KC), 86 Civ 6759 (KC).

684 F.Supp. 818 (1988)

MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. ARP FILMS, INC., Amerex Films, Inc. and Claude S. Hill, Defendants. ARP FILMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jared Stamel, Joseph Tabacco, New York City, for plaintiff.

Stephen Huff, Jamie Brickell, Pryor, Cashman, Sherman & Flynn, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CONBOY, District Judge:

BACKGROUND

This action arises out of a long but frequently contentious business relationship between Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc., and ARP Films, Inc. Marvel is the successor in interest to a series of corporations that have owned the copyrights to Spiderman and other fictional cartoon characters.1 In 1968, Marvel and Krantz Films, Inc., entered into an agreement (the 1968...

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