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- The City Still Has Heroes
It seems Marvel Comics’ insane lawsuit against City of Heroes has been settled. Details are sketchy, but “no changes to City of Heroes® or City of Villains’™ character creation engine are part of the settlement.” Given that the lawsuit was basically the equivalent of suing pencil manufacturers because they could potentially be used to draw […]
- Marvel vs. City of Heroes: Half Off!
According to The Beat, a judge has thrown out about half the claims in Marvel’s lawsuit against City of Heroes. Apparently several of the “infringing” works they cited were in fact made by Marvel, not by players. The judge also threw out claims that the game makers infringed trademarks directly and refused to issue a […]
- Now, let’s not be hasty
Marvel is suing City of Heroes’ makers for copyright and trademark infringement. What’s that, you say? The game doesn’t have any Marvel characters or lookalikes built-in? Of course not—they’re suing because it’s technically possible for players to design a character with a similar costume and use a similar name. Sure, it’s against the terms of […]