UMC then filed the case to contest Tsuburaya Productions’ claim on the international licensing rights for Ultraman.
Tsuburaya Productions contested UMC’s claim of possessing the international licensing rights for the property.
Tsuburaya Productions then filed a counter-suit, alleging that the supposed original agreement between Saengduenchai and Tsuburaya Productions made in 1976 was invalid.
A jury in the district court in the central district of California ruled unanimously in favor of Tsuburaya Productions on November 20 in the company’s legal battle against UM Corporation (UMC) for the international licensing rights for the Ultraman property.