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New stage on legal fight between Marvel and NCsoft
Gamespot has word of partial resolution to Marvel's lawsuit against NCsoft and Cryptic over City of Heroes, the superhero MMORPG. The case, however sounds far from over:
In addition, six causes of action in the current complaint were also thrown out by Judge Klausner, including direct infringement of registered trademark, contributory infringement of registered trademark, various infringement of registered trademark, contributory infringement of common-law trademark, and various infringement of common-law trademark.
Still, there are sufficient teeth remaining in the complaint to cause any game publisher concern, specifically the claim of direct copyright infringement and contributory copyright infringement.
A statement released by NCsoft this morning stated, "Although the judge allowed certain claims to survive the motion to dismiss, NCsoft and Cryptic Studios are pleased with the result and are confident that both the law and the facts will support their case."
Marvel has yet to release a statement on the matter.
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