The battle continues as Marvel Comics and Cryptologic take their problems to court. For the past five years, Marvel Comics and Cryptologic, the software provider for InterCasino, had an exceptional working relationship. Cryptologic has begun arbitration proceedings against Marvel Comics, alleging that the company breached their exclusive licensing agreement. Cryptologic owns the exclusive licensing rights to the Marvel Comic brand until 2013 for use as branding within their online casinos. The branding was used to create video slot games that were based on various superheroes from Marvel’s comic books and movies based on the comic books.

Cryptologic has launched numerous Marvel inspired video slot games. You’ll find Spiderman, Blade, The Hulk, Daredevil, Thor, and many other popular comic book characters. The friction between these two companies began when Marvel broke their agreement by signing a similar agreement with Cryptologic’s major competitor, Playtech, another popular software provider.

Cryptologic released a statement that they had attempted to resolve the problem outside of legal channels, but Marvel has refused to cooperate. It seems that legal action was a last resort.

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Cryptologic, a develop of online casino games, has continued to partner with William
Hill Casino. William Hill once used Cryptologic as their online casino platform but
they ended up moving over to the Playtech casino software. Now they’ve agreed to a
multi-year partnership with Cryptologic that licenses a suite of it’s popular casino
games for William Hill to use within it’s existing online casino. Under the partnership,
Cryptologic will license 10 video slot games which include King Kong, Bejeweled, Cubis,
and Millionaires Club. In the future, players should look for the partnership to extend
to cover the licensing of the Marvel & DC Comics superhero video slot games.

Cryptologic will receive recurring revenues that are based on the wagers that
are placed by William Hill’s customers. The CEO of Cryptologic, Brian Hadfield
is quoted as saying, “This deal reaffirms our excellent relationship with William
Hill, one of the most respected names in the gaming industry. The rapid roll out
of our branded games by William Hill demonstrates the popularity of our games with
their customers and the value we bring to our licensees.” William Hill is one of
the oldest and most popular names in the casino gambling industry. It was founded
in 1934, and it has grown to over 15,000 employees in 175 countries.

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