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" Todd McFarlane Productions has emerged from bankruptcy after a seven-year struggle. Court documents obtained by 20th Century Danny Boy confirm that the studio paid out more than $2.2 million (\u00C2\u00A31.3m) to creditors during that period.   McFarlane&amp;#039;s legal dispute with Neil Gaiman over the rights to several Spawn characters accounted for $1.1 million (\u00C2\u00A3679k) of that figure. The long-running court battle came to an end earlier this year when the pair reached a settlement. However, it is unclear how much of the settlement figure went to Gaiman himself after lawyers&amp;#039; fees were paid. Todd McFarlane Productions filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in December 2004 after former NHL star Tony Twist successfully sued over the unauthorised use of his name in Spawn. Following two unsuccessful appeals against the verdict, Twist and McFarlane settled out of court in 2007 for $5 million (\u00C2\u00A33m). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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