REUTERS/Henry RomeroBRUSSELS, June 7 (Reuters) - Caped crusader Batman won a trademark fight with an Italian clothing retailer on Wednesday after Europe's second-top court sided with an EU patent office, ruling that the Batman logo is distinctive enough to warrant its EU trademark. The Italian company had asked EUIPO to annul the trademark for clothing and carnival items, saying that it lacked a distinctive character. Judges backed the EU trademark body. The Italian company can appeal to the EU Court of Justice, Europe's highest, on points of law. The case is T-735/21 | Aprile and Commerciale Italiana v EUIPO – DC Comics (Representation of a bat in an oval surround).

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Persons: Henry Romero BRUSSELS, Batman, Europe's, EUIPO, Aprile, Foo Yun Chee, Louise Heavens Organizations: DC Comics, REUTERS, EU, Warner Bros, European, Intellectual Property, Commerciale Italiana, Italiana Srl, Justice, Europe's, Commerciale, Thomson Locations: Mexico City, Mexico, Italian, EU, Luxembourg