DC Comics sued the owner of Gotham Garage over the look of the Batmobile. Apparently, Gotham Garage creates replica Batmobiles to comic book fans with disposable cash. DC Comics and its parent company, Warner Brothers, sued Gotham Garage over these replicas. DC Comics and Warner Brothers argues that the replicas violate their copyrights and trademarks.
In a preliminary ruling, a Federal judge said that the design elements of the car are not functional, and therefore, may be the subject of copyright protection. Now, that DC and Warner have overcome this preliminary obstacle, they must now convince the judge that they own a valid copyright in the design to the Batmobile. That is, of course, if Gotham Garage still puts up a fight. Presumably, DC and Warner have a bigger war chest than Gotham Garage.
Tune again for an update . . . Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel . . .
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