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Jun 22, 2015 · SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Syllabus. KIMBLE et al. v. MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, successor to MARVEL ENTERPRISES, INC. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit. No. 13–720. Argued March 31, 2015—Decided June 22, 2015.
Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, 576 U.S. 446 (2015), is a significant decision of the United States Supreme Court for several reasons. One is that the Court turned back a considerable amount of academic criticism of both the patent misuse doctrine as developed by the Supreme Court and the particular legal principle at issue in the case.
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- Kimble et al. v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, successor to Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
- 13-720
Mar 31, 2015 · Facts of the case. In 1990, Stephen Kimble obtained a patent for a Spider-Man toy that was set to expire in May 2010. Kimble claimed that he discussed the idea with the president of Marvel Enterprises Inc., and that he would be compensated for use of his ideas. Although no agreement was reached, Marvel produced a toy that was similar to Kimble ...
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Stephen Kimble, et al., Petitioners: v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, Successor to Marvel Enterprises, Inc.
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- July 16, 2013
Dec 20, 2010 · December 20, 2010 New York, New York. Read Marvel Entertainment, LLC v. Kimble, 10 CV 3037 (HB), see flags on bad law, and search Casetext’s comprehensive legal database.
Nov 16, 2015 · Respondent Marvel Entertainment, LLC (Marvel) makes and markets products featuring Spider-Man, among other comic-book characters. … Their agreement provided that Marvel would purchase Kimble’s patent in exchange for a lump sum (of about a half-million dollars) and a 3 % royalty on Marvel’s future sales of the Web Blaster and similar products.
