April 4, 2016in Copyright, Copyright Reform, Infringement, IP, Licensees, Movies, US6by Editor1300 Batmobile Declared a Character Deserving of Copyright Protection, Finally Invincible The U.S. Ninth Circuit court held in DC Comics v Towle (“Towle”) that Mark Towle’s Batmobile replicas infringed DC Comics’ copyrights, and that the Batmobile was a “character” deserving of copyright protection. (more…)