Batman emerges victorious in EU trademark fight

Batman foiled an Italian retailer Wednesday as DC Comics successfully defended its trademark in the European Union.

Reuters reported that the Luxembourg-based General Court, Europe's second top court, ruled in favor of Warner Bros. Discovery's DC Comics more than two decades after it registered its Batman logo with the European Union Intellectual Property Office. Commerciale Italiana Srl had filed a challenge to the logo in 2019, arguing that it lacked a distinctive character and that...