According to Reuters, a U.S. Trademark Office tribunal canceled a set of “Super Hero” trademarks jointly owned by Marvel and ...

You know how Marvel and DC have held joint ownership over trademarks for “Super Hero” for decades? That time is apparently mostly over, as the US Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the ...

If you've ever read a Marvel or DC press release, chances are you've seen the companies refer to characters like Spider-Man and Batman as "Super Heroes." "Super Hero" has, in fact, become the norm ...

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported that Marvel Comics and DC Comics had lost the rights to the trademark for "super hero." But how did they get it in the first place? It was the Halloween ...

By establishing SUPER HEROES' place in the public domain ... Superbabies victory lap In 1977, DC Comics and Marvel Comics' legal departments co-operated over the registration of the trademark ...

The United States Trademark Office has cancelled the two companies’ joint ownership of the term “Super Hero.” DC Comics/Marvel Comics Reuters reports that a tribunal at the U.S. Trademark ...

Sept 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. Trademark Office tribunal has canceled a set of "Super Hero" trademarks jointly owned by comic giants Marvel and DC at the request of a London-based comic book artist ...

They also made some other excellent points, including: Marvel and DC did not invent the concept of super heroes, superheroes, ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Alexandria, Virginia, last week canceled Marvel Characters and DC Comics' joint registrations on the terms "super hero ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has canceled long-standing trademark registrations for “Super Hero” and “Super Heroes,” which had ...

DC Comics and Marvel Comics registered a joint trademark of the word “superhero” in 1977, and it was eventually approved in 1979. Since then they have ...

The law firm said they won their case by charting “the history of the SUPER HERO trademarks” and showing “how Marvel and DC used the marks to stifle competition and oust small and ...