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106.11 智慧財產權月刊 VOL.227
本月專題
美國法院對於角色著作權保護之判斷標準―
研析美國第九巡迴上訴法院
DC Comics v. Towle
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(二)第九巡迴上訴法院提出角色著作權三階段測試標準
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the character must
have physical as well as conceptual qualities
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Sapon v. DC Comics, No. 00 CIV.8992 (WHP), 2002 WL 485730, at *3–4 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2002)
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Toho Co. v. William Morrow & Co., 33 F.Supp.2d 1206, 1216 (C.D.Cal.1998) (the character “Godzilla”
may have a different appearance from time to time, it is entitled to copyright protection because it “is
always a pre-historic, firebreathing, gigantic dinosaur alive and well in the modern world.”)
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Halicki Films, LLC v. Sanderson Sales & Mktg., 547 F.3d 1213, 1224 (9th Cir.2008)=.
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Walt Disney v. Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751,755 (9th Cir. 1978).