Marvel Investigators Created Lawsuit Evidence

In November 2004, Marvel Comics sued City of Heroes developer Cryptic Studios, publisher NCsoft, and administrator NC Interactive because the online superhero game allowed users to create characters resembling Marvel properties. Marvel sought unspecified damages, an end to further sales, and the game's shutdown. The case took a strange turn when Marvel admitted that its own investigators had created some of the characters cited in its complaint, prompting the court to strike those exhibits in March 2005. The parties settled the remaining claims under undisclosed terms that December, and the game's operators said they did not have to change its character-creation system.

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