The Real Reason Warner Brothers Sued Gotham Garage

The Real Reason Warner Brothers Sued Gotham Garage
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Whether people watch it because of their astounding work, their magnetic cast, or simply for entertainment purposes, the truth is that “Car Masters: Rust To Riches” has done an excellent job at becoming one of the most popular car restoration shows airing on TV nowadays.

Many who watch the show will agree that the show is free of drama on and off the screen, so the case of Mark Towle is surprising, to say the least. The show’s main star, Mark, has had some real-life issues involving his business, a big company, and some copyright laws.

DC Comics v. Mark Towle is not another TV show, but a copyright case heard in the U.S Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, in September 2015. The case involves Mark Towle, who owns and runs “Gotham Garage'' and the plaintiff, Warner Brothers; Mark Towle runs his personal business in his Garage, so why the lawsuit? Let’s find out, shall we?

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[clanggedin]

After watching Mark paint a car with an $18 Harbor Freight paint gun and seeing the horrible orange peel paint job I stopped watching the show as was then that I realized it's 100% fake. I really wanted to like it, but there were too many questionable shots showing bad paint, body lines, etc and then the person paying over $100k for the vehicle with crap paint/body work done on it.

[ianblack]

If you do watch, watch carefully. The workmanship is horrendous in every department. No way the clients are real. People that spend that kind of money won’t spend it on these builds.

[atleeriksen]

The Batmobile infringement is the least of his problems. The cars he build is garbage. Bad welds, bad paint, mostly bad design...and those spiderwebs all over (Someone should take away their waterjet). Constance is the only reason to watch this show.

[KyuLL]

Let’s keep it real. We watch for Constance.

[gdo]

As a fan of Chip Foose, I look very closely to the fine details of a vehicle. Gotham Garage vehicles has too many flaws, especially the paint . Their paint never looked smooth and their bodywork was never completely flawless. It made me think the customers were fake .

[sunnysworkshop]

If you put spider web on everything eventually you'll get tangled up.

[betfig]

That guy has Really Bad Taste! Spiderwebs on EVERYTHING! Even a Tesla

[schlotdoglaser]

If it was a crap build I would say "go for it WB", but it was a great build. What WB should have done is say "Mark, great replica, can you build us some more for not, we will sue you". Speaking of custom supercar design (the yellow one), I think is ugly and I would never pay $250, 000 for it. For that price, I would rather buy a Mclaren or a Ferrari....sorry Mark!

[Gmh]

I always thought the show was terrible.. why did the builder stand quiet whilst the other guy gives the hard sell..then has to ask the builders permission to buy or sell at a price get rid of the pointless cringy middle man.

[wouldntyouliketoknow]

The idiot was advertising, building, and selling Batmobiles. Everyone’s attorneys got a pay day..

[gerrymichaud]

I lived in Dallas for 18 years and loved the Russ Martin Show.

[notbadsteve]

I liked the show, but it drives me insane that he has a reputation of building immaculate cars. Every episode, I'd look at the shots of the finished products and cringe at badly cut body lines, bad fitting windows and orange peel paint finishes.
Really amature, like it had been made at college using tin snips and a spray can.

[anonanon]

Mark was profiting from an iconic duplicate.

I would think his lawyer fees would be more then the 20, 000 judgement ruling against him and the slap on the wrist.

The bottom line is if you had a product that was duplicated and someone was making profit from it.

I'm sure you would want a cut or production to cease.

Hence the epidemic of fake copies of consumable products around the world.

[kennethjunkert]

The fit and finish of his cars are terrible. The paint jobs are horrible. No way people are paying for this junk. Reminds me of the series Bad Chad Customs. All the buyers were fake and the cars were put in storage and remained the builder’s property.

[danieljessop]

Terrible workmanship and some of the ugliest cars I have ever seen. WB had nothing to worry about with the junk they produce.

[MeLoSonn]

So if someone makes a round clear marble and it looks like someone else’s marble that has a copyright for that marble, does that mean no one can make another round marble like it?🤔

[jayc]

Sued a small time business for $20, 000 but yet have millions that’s pathetic,

[malbers]

Then Ford should sue DC for using the Futura.

[jimmybrazier]

I would rather watch Gotham Garage Gas Monkey Garage any day Mark is awesome at what he does his whole crew is awesome people need to leave people like that alone they're just trying to make a living like everybody else lots of greedy people in this world

[gdo]

Astounding builds ? Webs and bats on nearly every vehicle doesn't sound Astounding. And when you really look at the paint jobs, horrible.