U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 26, 2016
Replica maker asks Supreme Court to consider Batmobile copyright case
A man sued by DC Comics for making drivable replica Batmobiles is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn a 9th Circuit decision that found the Dark Knight's vehicle to be a character and thereby copyrightable.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A man sued by DC Comics Inc. for making drivable replica Batmobiles is taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court in an attempt to overturn a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that found the Dark Knight's vehicle to be a character and thereby copyrightable.
Last September the 9th Circuit ruled in a published decision that the Batmobile was a copyrightable character after applying a t...
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