Comment Big Deal... this is not news. (Score 1) 430
Oh for crying out loud. Let's put this in perspective. Only Marvel and DC comics have the right to use the term "Super-Hero" to sell a comic or other publication.
That prohibits use of the term on the cover or title of any such publication by anyone else.
However, you can still write books about garishly costumed people with powers beyond those of the average man. You can even call them super heroes between the covers of the book! You just can't use the term in the marketing of the book.
Hey even mighty DC Comics ended up on the short end of that stick. They have the rights to the original Captain Marvel character (aka Billy Batson, as published originally in Fawcett Comics, later bought out by DC). However, during the time between Fawcett's last publication of the character and DC's resuming it, the trademark lapsed. Marvel Comics asserted trademark rights to any derivative of the term "Marvel" on a comic book. They even went so far as to create their own character named "Captain Marvel"
DC Still publishes books featuring their Captain Marvel, but cannot use his name on the cover of any of the comics. Nor on any related merchandise. Instead they refer to "Shazam!", the word used by Billy to become Capt. Marvel (and the name of the wizard who gave him those powers.
This is just a whining campaign by some people who were ignorant of the existing trademark on the term Super-Hero. They just have to stop using the term on the covers of their books. What's the big deal? ( They're probably doing all this complaining to get their book some cheap publicity, I guess)
That prohibits use of the term on the cover or title of any such publication by anyone else.
However, you can still write books about garishly costumed people with powers beyond those of the average man. You can even call them super heroes between the covers of the book! You just can't use the term in the marketing of the book.
Hey even mighty DC Comics ended up on the short end of that stick. They have the rights to the original Captain Marvel character (aka Billy Batson, as published originally in Fawcett Comics, later bought out by DC). However, during the time between Fawcett's last publication of the character and DC's resuming it, the trademark lapsed. Marvel Comics asserted trademark rights to any derivative of the term "Marvel" on a comic book. They even went so far as to create their own character named "Captain Marvel"
DC Still publishes books featuring their Captain Marvel, but cannot use his name on the cover of any of the comics. Nor on any related merchandise. Instead they refer to "Shazam!", the word used by Billy to become Capt. Marvel (and the name of the wizard who gave him those powers.
This is just a whining campaign by some people who were ignorant of the existing trademark on the term Super-Hero. They just have to stop using the term on the covers of their books. What's the big deal? ( They're probably doing all this complaining to get their book some cheap publicity, I guess)
