The ruling Thursday undoes a 2008 trial court decision ordering Warner Bros. to share an undetermined amount of money earned since 1999 with the heirs, and to give the family control of key components of the Superman story, including his costume.
The deal requires approval from a three-fourths majority of Warner Chilcott shareholders and the Irish High Court, as well as clearance from a majority of Actavis shareholders.
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Brill, whose past ventures include the founding of Court TV, now a Time Warner unit, and Brills Content, has predicted the company will be profitable by 2008, and he projects 3.5 million users by 2011.
Brill, whose past ventures include the founding of Court TV, now a Time Warner (nyse: TWX - news - people ) unit, and Brills Content, has predicted the company will be profitable by 2008, and he projects 3.5 million users by 2011.
Potter fans got a shock when fan site Mugglenet claimed it had been shut down by a court after it had broken copyrights against Warner Brothers and JK Rowling.
However, the two creators are now suing Warner Brothers and games developer 5th Cell in a California court over the appearance of the cats in the popular game Scribblenauts, published by WB Games.
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The firm has purchased 200 patents and has embarked on some 15 lawsuits, including one major case against Comcast, Time-Warner and other major cable- and broadcast-TV companies in federal court in Delaware.
Time Warner -- the parent company of CNN -- filed a friend of the court brief supporting the networks fined by the communications commission.
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After that, it wasn't long before the character's enigmatic Time-Warner trademarked leer appeared masking the faces of Anonymous protesters barracking Scientologists halfway down Tottenham Court Road.
Now that a court case has ensured that DC Comics superhero Superman will keep flying at Warner Bros. in the foreseeable future, the studio is readying their plans to move forward with the oft-mentioned Justice League film project and release the movie in 2015, according to sources who spoke to the L.A. Times.
Time Warner -- the parent company of CNN -- filed a supporting amicus brief in the high court dispute two years ago.
In fact, if this matter is deemed to be subject to the Federal Arbitration Act, the court will stay the litigation involving the other parties until the arbitration between Mr. Sheen and Warner Bros. is completed.
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