Columbia Pictures, a unit of Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), will release its screen version of the decades-old origin of the Marvel Comics superhero, with Dr Pepper, a unit of Cadbury Schweppes (nyse: CSG - news - people ), along for the ride as a promotional partner.

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Novartis and its Novartis Vaccines Diagnostics Inc. unit lodged a complaint Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking extensions on the patents ranging from five to 435 days.

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