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23 Jun 2011, 7:32 am by Steve Hall
  On Willingham, I highly recommend everyone in the DC area check out Incendiary, which looks at the case. [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 10:54 am by Kevin
Supreme Court has declined to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision that the Batmobile’s design is protected by copyright, meaning that anybody who wants to use that design must license it from DC Comics. [read post]
2 May 2018, 2:38 pm by Scott Hervey
  The Southern District of New York, in granting trademark protection to Kryptonite, summed up the policy reason why trademark protection may be granted to a fictional element fo an entertainment property, not yet used in a traditional trademark manner:   [W]here the  the product sold by plaintiff is “entertainment” in one form or another, then not only the advertising of the product but also an ingredient of the product itself can amount to a trademark protectable under… [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 4:44 am
DC Comics (2003) 30 Cal.4th 881 and Comedy III Productions, Inc. v. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 8:14 am
Lawyers; then drugs and dietary supplements (a wave down in the DC Circuit). [read post]
13 Feb 2009, 5:55 am
DC Comics (2003) 30 Cal.4th 881, the California Supreme Court stated that “an artist depicting a celebrity must contribute something more than a merely trivial variation [but must create] something recognizably his own in order to qualify for legal protection. [read post]
11 May 2011, 10:14 pm by Gordon Firemark
/DC Comics and Superman litigation http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/new-setback-warner-bros-superman-177832 In the latest move in Warner Bros. [read post]
18 Jan 2008, 3:59 pm
By Eric Goldman Every now and then, we see comical efforts to claim trademark rights in common Internet-related terms. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 11:05 pm
(Copyright Litigation Blog)   US Copyright – Lawsuits and strategic steps Associates Press - Court: AP ‘is going to win’ Shepard Fairey case, urges settlement (Copyrights & Campaigns) DC Comics - Superman litigation heats up, up, and away: DC Comics, files copyright and interference with contract claim against LA attorney – Marc Toberoff: DC Comics v Marc Toberoff (IPKat) Don Henley - Henley, DeVore file reply… [read post]
DC Comics recently warned creative teams and freelancers employed by DC against unlicensed uses of NFTs after an artist made $1.85 million by selling NFTs of characters he used to draw for DC. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 10:16 am
 According to a short snippet in this morning's Mail Online, the star team had applied for a "copyright for a new design" which, following DC Comics' objections, they now have "no plans to use".Attaché case. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 12:11 pm
.* Bat-tastic - Batmobile Protected by Copyright in the USJani reports of DC Comics v Mark Towle 2:11-cv-03934-RSWL-OP, a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that dealt with copyright protection in the Batmobile.* EPO bids to save litigating employees from union's human rights infractionsMerpel has been taking another peep at the weird and wonderful topsy-turvy world of Eponia, in which the European Patent Office (EPO) has apparently… [read post]
29 Jun 2015, 9:36 am
| 3-D Lego trade mark | Garcia v Google | B+ subgroup | EU trade mark reform and counterfeits in transit | French v Battistelli | US v Canada over piracy | UK Supreme Court in Starbucks |  BASCA v The Secretary of State for Business | Patent litigation, music, politics | Product placement in Japan.Never too late 50 [week ending on Sunday 7 June] - Swiss claims | Italian-sounding trade marks for cosmetics | “IP litigation and Enforcement” event | Saving… [read post]
1 Oct 2015, 10:06 am by Ben
Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed a 2012 District Court judgment that held that the Batmobile's bat-like appearance and other distinct attributes, including its high-tech weaponry, attract opyright protection that can't be replicated without permission from DC Comics, the copyright holder. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 7:13 am
There’s a tussle between superstar Rihanna and DC Comics over a name in which they have a mutual interest. [read post]
11 Jan 2020, 10:47 am by Mark Tushnet
I don't want to call this "comical legal scholarship" because I'm concerned that that label would be thought critical or pejorative. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 5:17 pm by Larry
Sometimes, even other good guys.Apologies to DC Comics and Warner Bros.XYZ started this battle hoping to prevent Duracell from securing what is known as “Lever Brothers Protection” for its batteries. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 2:29 am by Ben
 SCOTUS has let stand the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that said the Batmobile's bat-like appearance and high-tech gadgets make it a character that can't be duplicated without permission from DC Comics, the copyright holder.There's an interesting article from Tucker Arensberg on the JDSupra website that looks at the recent case, Dryer v. [read post]
6 Nov 2015, 9:42 am by Ben
Entertainment Inc. and DC Comics Inc. over the rights for the acclaimed superhero is hading back to court. [read post]