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Marvel Sues "City of Heroes" Game Publishers Over Superhero Trademarks

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 12, 2004 - 7:14am.
Los Angeles -- Comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises has sued the two video game firms behind "City of Heroes," an online superhero roleplaying game that the company says contains virtual characters that are too similar to its popular trademarked characters like Incredible Hulk and Wolverine, the Associated Press reported. Marvel sued San Jose, Calif.-based Cryptic Studios and Korea-based NCSoft, which created the game and operate its online servers that allow players to design their own superheroes that inhabit the online game. It is the individual players' choices that result in characters similar to Marvel's. The comic book publisher is seeking unspecified damages as well as an injunction to stop "City of Heroes" from using its intellectual property.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/041111/superhero_lawsuit_2.html 
http://www.ncsoft.net 
http://www.crypticstudios.com 
http://www.marvel.com

tags: Games | Marvel | City of Heroes | Trademarks | Superhero |

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