Foo Fighters sue Marvel

The Foo Fighters are suing Marvel Studios for using two of their songs in an X-Men TV show without permission.

The Grammy-winning rockers have accused Marvel of featuring excerpts of their hit tracks 'Best Of You' and 'Free Me' in a TV trailer for upcoming animated series Wolverine and the X-Men.

The lawsuit, which was filed at Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, states that Marvel's samples "were copied directly from the Foo Fighters' sound recordings of those two songs".

Foo Fighters - Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shifflett - are seeking unspecified damages, attorneys' fees and an injunction preventing Marvel from using their music in the future.

The suit was filed on behalf of Roswell Records Inc., which owns the master recordings, and also names Wolverine and the X-Men producers, First Serve International, Toonz Animation India and First Serve Toonz as defendants.