Supreme Court won’t hear Batmobile copyright dispute; ComicBookResources.com, 3/7/16

Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; Supreme Court won’t hear Batmobile copyright dispute:

"The U.S. Supreme Court this morning declined to review a ruling that the Batmobile isn’t merely an automobile, but rather distinctive enough to warrant copyright protection.

Mark Towle, who previously created unlicensed replicas of the 1966 and 1989 Batmobiles, petitioned the high court in January to consider his five-year-old dispute with DC Comics. The company had sued Towle in 2011, claiming his Gotham Garage violated its trademarks and copyrights by manufacturing the replicas, which he sold for about $90,000 each."