This is the latest in a string of decisions that have gone against Samsung, but it is unlikely to depress its bottom line since it is rolling out new tablet and smartphone models.
CONTRACTS – Marvel Entm’t LLC v. Kimble
BRIEF – Kimble has claimed that there was a 1990 verbal agreement that Marvel would pay him royalties if it used his idea for a Spider-Man toy that would shoot foam string from the user’s palm. Marvel argues that a 2001 settlement supersedes the alleged verbal agreement, and that res judicata bars relitigation of the issue. (9th Cir.)
ENTERTAINMENT LAW – M.G.M. Studios Inc. v. Jake LaMotta
COMPLAINT – After M.G.M. made the Martin Scorcese hit film Raging Bull, the subject of the story, Jake LaMotta, wrote a second memoir called Raging Bull II. M.G.M. claims it had a right of first refusal on the film rights to Raging Bull II, but production has begun on a film with a different company. M.G.M. seeks to enjoin the production and release of the film. (Cal.Super.)
LABOR – United Teachers of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist.
OPINION – The California Supreme Court has rejected a teachers union’s bid to force the arbitration of a dispute over the Los Angeles Unified School District's plan to convert a public high school into a charter school. (Cal.)
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