In CASE 11.1 DC Comics v.Towle (2016),the court addressed the question of whether the production of replicas of a copyrighted item featured in a movie infringed the copyright owner's rights.How did the court rule?

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The court ruled that Towle was liable for infringing DC Comics' exclusive right to produce derivative works of the Batmobile character. The court held that the Batmobile was a "character" and therefore entitled to copyright protection. Towle's replicas constituted unauthorized derivative works of the Batmobile character and therefore infringed DC Comics' copyright.