Now you can use the word “superhero” freely because DC and Marvel have lost the joint trademark on the word.
I think we should abolish the trademark system. Let’s get rid of it, because you mean DC and Marvel held a joint trademark on the word “superhero” for decades while using it to prevent smaller companies from using it in their own productions? Well, that’s all over now as the comics giants have lost the trademark, meaning anyone can now use the term in their own comics. According to Bleeding Cool, the law firm Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg (RLJF) announced victory in the trademark case against Marvel and DC Comics.
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Their clients in this particular case are SJ Richold and Superbabies Limited, who filed the lawsuit after DC tried to block its attempts to promote SuperBabies, a comic about a super-powered superhero baby who, if If you can’t guess it yet. RLJF’s revocation petition outlines the history of the superhero trademark and how it has been used by Marvel and DC to prevent smaller comic book creators from using the term, even though it is now a very common term.
Superbabies lead attorney Adam Adler said in a statement: “Achieving this result is not only a victory for our clients, but also a victory for creativity and innovation. By establishing the status of superheroes in the public sphere, we serve as symbols of heroism Be protected. All storytellers.” Richeld also said: “Superhero stories teach us to stand up for the little people, so the liberation of superheroes is liberated by super babies, the littlest of them all. It couldn’t be more fitting. I hope this win encourages small companies to share their stories with the world.”
Marvel and DC have shared the trademark for more than four decades, and while they may have been superhero giants years ago, things are very different now. Now all that’s left to do is come up with my own superhero…
