Overview
An article by Peter Sloane and Jonathan Thomas about the work for hire doctrine under U.S. copyright law has just been published in the Federal Bar Council Quarterly. See
http://goo.gl/Ycc5j0. The piece discusses the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Marvel Characters, Inc. v. Lisa Kirby, a case closely watched in the comic book industry and more generally among artists and publishers.