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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 一案
ɘԚ৙ɪൡ৫جႩ މd̮ᝈ݊щяତɓߧ׌ԨڢԉЍ݊щաڭ ᚐᏐϽඎ
ٙࠠᓃdϾ݊˸˜ԉЍٙतᅄʿ᙮׌€traits and attributesٙɓߧ׌™ މ
Ӕ֛݊щաഹЪᛆڭجᚐٙᗫᒟΪ९f˸ 007 ӻΐཥᅂމ Էd˴ԉ༗֍
౶ᕼᅃԨʔึΪމ Չ߈ᔝЍآፇϾڢ ዲ҈؂Ͼ࿁ՉᗆйܓϞᅂᚤf̤ሆ
ሂڪʔᓙᜊ౬؂ༀ 34 ʿࡩΛזʔᓙစආٙᅵႶ 35 ͵ڷνϤf
ୋɘԚ৙ɪൡ৫ج׵ Halicki ࣩ 36 ʕdႩ֛ӛԓԉЍ̙աഹЪᛆ ڭج
ᚐdԉЍഹЪᛆʘڭ ᚐᇍఖᓒੵЇڢ ͛يԉЍʘࠠ ࠅࣩԷf ৫جႩމ ཥ
ᅂ˜Gone in 60 Seconds™ʕٙ˜Eleanor™வࡈӛԓԉЍdʔሞί 1971 ϋ
ٙࡡ֐ཥᅂא 2000 ϋҷᇜٙཥᅂ و͉d ৫جѩႩމ˜Eleanor™ୌΥաഹ
Ъᛆڭ ᚐʘᗫᒟ९ࠅf࠯΋dՇ௅ᅂ˪ʕٙ˜Eleanor™ྼ᜗ቃ࿊ѩϞਗ਼
௴จٙۜሯ༺ڌ ̈ԸdΪϾdˢ༰ᗳЧဘ೥ԉЍϾڢႧ˖ഹЪʕʘԉЍf
Ύ٫d˜Eleanor™ٙतᅄяତɓ ߧ׌e৷፫ܓᗆ׌ʿ฽Ոዹत׌fԷνd
Halicki ࣩٙ˜Eleanor™ٙतሯί׵ڜኺวоઋԫٙආБʘঐɢdϾڢ Չ
ӛԓႡЪٙҿሯא̮ҖfΪϾd༈ࣩ ج ֜࿁׵ Eleanor ׵ 1971 ϋཥᅂ ڷ
˸၅त৪ཥ܄Ⴁو රЍ௉৵ۨ໮ࠦႶdϾ׵̤௅ཥᅂڷۍ˸ვЍ௛ဧˢ
GT-500 ۨ໮яତʘࢨମdႩ֛༈ࢨମԨڢкӔࠠᓃf
（二）第九巡迴上訴法院提出角色著作權三階段測試標準
ୋɓdԉЍ̀඲ΝࣛՈ௪ྼ᜗ʷʿ฿ׂʷٙ९ࠅ€the character must
have physical as well as conceptual qualities37dϤࠅ΁ᔾ૶əԉЍৰəϞ
तй࿴ ܠʘ฿ׂ̮d֠඲Ϟ ༺ڌҖόdЧו ᛕ૶౸౜ᖭʘၚग़dԉЍ඲
຾૶౸౜ᖭܝ֐աڭᚐdԨᔾ૶ə૶౸౜ᖭʘ܄᜗މӻ༺ڌن ݊щϞࡡ
௴׌dϾڢස݊ މəਜʱܠซၾ ༺ڌʘᅺ๟f
34 Sapon v. DC Comics, No. 00 CIV.8992 (WHP), 2002 WL 485730, at *3–4 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2002)
35 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.”)
36 Halicki Films, LLC v. Sanderson Sales & Mktg., 547 F.3d 1213, 1224 (9th Cir.2008)=.
37 Walt Disney v. Air Pirates, 581 F.2d 751,755 (9th Cir. 1978).