The first Salt Lake Comic Con was held September 5–7, 2013 and included special guests including
Adam West,
William Shatner, and
Stan Lee with attendance over 70,000. People attended with ticket sales that exceeded 50,000. FanXperience was attended by over 100,000 people. On July 25, 2014,
San Diego Comic-Con sent Dan Farr Productions a
cease and desist letter over the use of the term "Comic Con." Convention organizers responded with a press release citing their legal position and unwillingness to comply to the cease and desist letter. In December 2017, a San Diego jury found San Diego Comic-Con does hold a trademark on the term "Comic Con," but also found Salt Lake organizers Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg did not willfully or intentionally violate it. They awarded SDCC $20,000 in damages, less than the $12 million the non-profit wanted. Subsequently, Farr and Brandenburg re-branded the convention under the name FanX. On January 16, 2018, Farr and Brandenburg filed a motion for a new trial. In March 2016, Dan Farr Productions partnered with POP Life to expand FanXperience to Asia. Bryan Brandenburg stepped aside in May 2018 in response to criticism of how he handled a sexual harassment complaint. In 2019, Brandenburg devoted himself full-time to Zenerchi, a biotech company he founded in Salt Lake City. ==List of events==