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21 Sep 2017, 1:00 am
 In its recent decision in DC Comics v Mark Towle 2:11-cv-03934-RSWL-OP [here], the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit confirmed that:·       “copyright protection extends not only to an original work as a whole, but also to “sufficiently distinctive” elements, like comic book characters, contained within the work”; but·        "Not every comic book, television, or motion… [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 10:44 am by Ron Coleman
 Well, first, the standard — enunciated for the first time in DC Comics v. [read post]
30 Apr 2016, 4:04 am by Andres
Occasionally there are cases that seem to be tailor-made for legal geeks: Naruto v Slater; Lucasfilm v Ainsworth; DC Comics v Towle. [read post]
11 Apr 2016, 5:02 am by Terry Hart
Towle, regarding whether the Batmobile can be protected by copyright. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 2:29 am by Ben
Supreme Court is staying out of a copyright dispute involving a Mark Towle,  California man who produced $90,000 replicas of the Batmobile for car-collecting fans of the caped crusader. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 1:44 pm by Ron Coleman
 Well, first, the standard — enunciated for the first time in DC Comics v. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 12:11 pm
Roederer keeps its bottle while Cava loses its sparkleRoederer v J Garcia Carrion S.A. [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 4:59 am
Seemingly, as was the case in the recent US Supreme Court judgment in Kimble v Marvel [Katposts here and here], this emerges through cases involving superheroes, and a recent Ninth Circuit decision involving Batman was no exception.The case of DC Comics v Mark Towle 2:11-cv-03934-RSWL-OP (accessible here) dealt with the copyright protection of the Batmobile, ever-present in the Batman saga, and its infringement through the making of replicas of specific versions… [read post]