Court rejects matador's bid to copyright his 'perfect kill'

Judges rule bullfighter's performance cannot be registered as intellectual property

The Spanish matador Miguel Angel Perera was delighted by the manner in which he fought and dispatched a four-year-old, 539kg bull by the name of Curioso in June 2014.

But, despite being awarded both of Curioso's ears for his performance in the bullring in the south-western city of Badajoz, Perera was keen for greater recognition of his work that day - namely that it be enshrined in copyright as a work of art.