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The Glee decision: Court of Appeal rules in favour of UK comedy club over 20th Century Fox

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The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling of 2014 that Twentieth Century Fox’s (“Fox”) “glee” television series infringed Comic Enterprises Ltd’s (“Comic”) trade mark for “the glee CLUB”. A parallel claim in the High...more

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Ninth Circuit: “Holy Copyright Law, Batman!” The Batmobile Is Copyrightable

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Batmobile is a copyrightable character. The Ninth Circuit’s opinion explaining its ruling begins with the sentence “Holy copyright law, Batman!,” and goes on to quote Adam West...more

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