In an article published by Forbes on October 1, 2021, Bryan Sullivan examines the copyright issues at stake in the latest legal battle between Marvel Studios’ owner, The Walt Disney Company, and the co-creators of several popular Marvel characters. In the article, Bryan details whether these creators can retrieve full return of the copyright rights to the characters they helped to create. In this high-stakes litigation, Bryan believes that if the creators obtain the right to terminate the copyright transfers, it would not only cost Disney billions of dollars but could change how comic creators operate in what have become multi-billion properties.
The full article can be found below.