Then he diversified, opening several more sports retail chains, including a string of golf stores, and buying franchise rights to operate top brand-name sportswear and designer clothing shops.
Such rights include media rights, sponsorship and advertising rights, licensing and merchandising rights, franchise rights, new league rights and any other commercial rights attached to any of these properties.
One sought to sue Five Guys for terminating his franchise rights after he closed a store without their permission. (Five Guys eventually bought him out.) Others have been nudged to sell their stores to more aggressive franchisees.
When Disney first made the purchase it looked like it would either have to exploit less well known heroes (such as Ant Man and Nova) or wait for the franchise rights to expire at other studios.
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For an undisclosed amount Gearbox acquired the game and future rights to the franchise, while 3D Realms retained the rights to previously published titles.
The suit was brought by American businessmen who had the rights to franchise Compusa stores in Mexico.
The reality for all the sports leagues, he thinks, is that fast, upward trajectory in ticket revenue, television rights money and franchise valuations is flattening out.
One reason: a slew of state and federal franchise laws that protect dealers' rights.
The studio is also poised to get back the rights to the James Bond franchise.
With the bankruptcy of THQ, 2K snatched up the rights to the popular game franchise that has been a mainstay for gamers for 15 years now.
Rather than allow Byrd to become an unrestricted free agent in two weeks, the Bills retained his rights by designating him their franchise player on Friday.
In 2007 it was announced that an ownership group of wealthy investors and the ownership of the USL Sounders had secured the rights to an MLS expansion franchise.
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No word on whether the lawsuit was the final straw for debt holders who were concerned that Icahn could not be trusted with MGM, which owns the rights to the James Bond franchise and the upcoming film version of The Hobbit.
The independent game studio is working on a new franchise for Electronic Arts, but Respawn owns the rights to the IP this time around.
It comes a day after City said it had acquired the rights to Major League Soccer's (MLS) 20th expansion franchise from 2015 in a partnership with the New York Yankees baseball club.
The Dodgers and their financial consultants, Blackstone, want to market the team's future media rights so prospective bidders for the team will know just how much revenue the franchise can earn in its next television contract.
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