Alan Wolk, global lead analyst for Kit digital, a firm that builds these solutions, is one of them.
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Everything from the series' out-of-the-box premise to its likable leading man, James Wolk, has garnered praise from early viewers.
"As far as I can tell, the idea behind Apple was a tax dodge, " music journalist Douglas Wolk says.
Eight months ago we profiled two hot young college buddies turned options traders, Robert Wolk and Calvin Nathan (Jan. 26).
But by wresting control of Stan Lee Media, Wolk maintains, infringement claims can now be pursued directly for the first time.
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The new traders were fired and Nathan Wolk's outside backer pulled out.
"In terms of technology, the Concorde was almost unbelievable--particularly when it debuted in the '60s, " says aviation industry attorney Arthur Alan Wolk.
"No matter how perfect your pet comes out, there can still be something wrong, " said Wolk, who owns Little Creek Taxidermy in Festus, Mo.
Wolk is not a shareholder of Stan Lee Media, which spent the years 2001 to 2006 in bankruptcy court, nor is he a lawyer in the case.
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In Wolk's vision of the near future, cable companies will focus on using tablets that act as remote controls and TV guide replacements with baked-in second screen experiences.
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Wolk goes so far as to suggest that cable providers will focus on making tablets their main hardware presence in the living room instead of leaning on set-top boxes.
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Before Wolk got involved, the minority shareholders of a company Lee founded in the 1990s had for a long time unsuccessfully litigated over these characters, but Wolk has not been dissuaded.
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Nevertheless, Wolk on Wednesday had his lawyers, who are partly being financed by Elliott Management, arrange for Lee to be served with a subpoena to testify in a deposition and turn over documents this month.
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"We expect Google to build share quickly by attracting many of the 28% of Internet users that do not rely on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, " Marianne Wolk, an analyst with Susquehanna Financial Group, wrote in a note to investors Wednesday.
The degree of difficulty and the scrutiny of demanding pet owners who can immediately detect flaws or imperfections in their loved ones keep many traditional taxidermists from the domestic animal sector, said Steve Wolk, president of the National Taxidermists Association.
Born in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Wolk is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School who worked as a commercial lawyer in the New York area for years and, more recently, as a general counsel in the life settlements business.
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For the last few years Michael Wolk has quietly worked to advance the multi-billion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit that claims Walt Disney Co. does not own the rights to iconic Stan Lee-created superhero characters it acquired from Marvel Entertainment, like Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk and The Fantastic Four.
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According to Wolk, the prior legal efforts by some shareholders of Stan Lee Media to pursue ownership rights of the superhero characters were stymied because the claims were brought derivatively, with minority shareholders of Stan Lee Media trying to stand in the shoes of the company without its authorization, against both Marvel and Lee.
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