Disney faces rights issues over Marvel

Disney faces rights issues over Marvel: "

LOS ANGELES, Sept 21 — Walt Disney’s proposed US$4 billion (RM13.9 billion) acquisition of Marvel Entertainment may come with a headache: newly filed claims

challenging Marvel’s long-term rights to some of its superhero characters.

Heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby, a creator of characters and stories behind Marvel mainstays like “X-Men” and “Fantastic Four,” last week sent 45 notices of copyright termination to Marvel and Disney, as well as Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and other companies that have been using the characters.

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