Marvel vs. City of Heroes

USA Today is reporting that Marvel Comics has filed a law suit against NCsoft and Cryptic Studios for allowing the creation of characters virtually identical to existing superheroes in City of Heroes. Here’s the gist of it:

Marvel Enterprises is suing two firms behind a computer superhero role-playing game it claims allows players to make virtual characters that are too similar to “The Hulk,” “X-Men” and other heroes in the comic book company’s stable.

The lawsuit claims South Korea-based NCSoft and San Jose-based Cryptic Studios violated Marvel’s trademark characters in their game City of Heroes. Marvel seeks unspecified damages and an injunction against the two companies to stop using its characters.