This was back in May (I just found it on the UltramanLah! message board), but it seems that Tsuburaya has been giving it another go against Chaiyo in court!
Link (Japanese):
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/shakai/200 ... 52006.html
Bonus Links (also in Japanese):
The history/details of the Tsuburaya Vs. Chaiyo legal battle:
http://www.u-pat.com/body18.html
And pics of Sompote's (forged) "document."
http://www.u-pat.com/body18a.htm
(Even in the translated Japanese section of the document, there are plenty of the same glaring errors in the English section, such as
Ultra Q being called "Ultraman 1: Ultra Q,"
Ultraman as "Ultraman 2",
Ultra Seven as "Ultraman Seven", and the Tsuburaya "logo" on the document just doesn't look right.)
I wouldn't be surprised if the lawsuit is still going on right now!
But come what may, I wish Tsuburaya Productions the best. :Big-th-up: