Case closed: In other legal news, Neil Gaiman writes in his online journal that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the lower court's decision in his lawsuit against Todd McFarlane, giving Gaiman copyright interest in characters Angela, Cagliostro and Medieval Spawn.

Gaiman writes: "You know, if I were Todd McFarlane, I would simply have apologised a long time ago. Instead, Todd threw a lot of money at lawyers, and lost the legal case in every way he could lose it, and then threw a lot more money at lawyers to appeal and just lost it again, for good."

The full text of the court's amusing ruling can be read here.