The Batmobile is a distinct character and DC comics owns the Copyright
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The Supremes declined to hear the case leaving the 9th circuit ruling in place. The 9th circuit also ruled that not everything in comics and movies deserved copyright protection
" the 9th Circuit established the three-part test “for determining whether a character in a comic book, television program, or motion picture is entitled to copyright protection. "
Havent found the 3 parts..