A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against the makers of the hit film Spider-Man, ruling that the movie’s digitally remodeled Times Square is entitled to First Amendment protection.
The suit, filed in April by owners of several Times Square buildings and billboard companies, alleged trademark violations and unfair competition against Columbia Pictures, owned by Sony Corporation of America, for superimposing advertisements on billboards that appear in Spider-Man and its trailers.
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