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3 Feb 2024, 4:54 pm by Rebecca Tushnet
Also true of the “Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 3:06 pm by Aaron Moss
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 5:11 am by Nedim Malovic
Previous decisions (both against the Conan Doyle Estate) in Conan Doyle v London Mystery Magazine and Tyburn Productions Ltd v Conan Doyle [1991] Ch. 75 CA have held that the Sherlock Holmes’ name and address and the literary characters themselves are not protectable under UK law. [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 8:40 am by Jonathan Bailey
Enola Holmes and the Case of the Conan Doyle Copyright Dispute Finally today, Jake Kerridge at The Telegraph reports that, even as the new Enola Holmes film makes its debut on Netflix, a lawsuit continues to rage around it as the Conan Doyle Estate claims that the film infringes its copyright. [read post]
28 Dec 2015, 2:51 am by Ben
Civ. 1ère, No. 13-23566.March was all about the 'Blurred Lines' in copyright and a US Jury's decision to award $7.3 million to the Estate of Marvin Gaye on the basis that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke’s soul-inspired pop song "Blurred Lines" too closely mirrored Gaye’s 1977 single "Got to Give It Up". [read post]
24 May 2015, 4:30 am by Barry Sookman
Tracomex (Canada) Ltd., 2015 BCSC 787 http://t.co/o2uikNuGzV -> blogged: Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2015-05-20 http://t.co/FmWlnEEKM1 -> Computer and Internet Law Updates for 2015-05-20: Sad To See You Go: The Impact Of Canadian Anti-Spam Legislat… http://t.co/mcd8QoQ8HR -> Damage for phone hacking Gulati & Ors v MGN Limited [2015] EWHC 1482 (Ch) (21 May 2015) http://t.co/lKRoWaoIpf -> Sesame packaging protected by copyright and passing off Agros Trading… [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 12:22 pm
Klinger, co-editor of multiple collections of annotated works based on Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes fiction sued Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd. under the Declaratory Judgment Act in the Northern District of Illinois seeking a declaratory judgment that he may freely use material from those Sherlock Holmes works for which copyright protection has expired. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 10:50 am by Ben
Echoes of Judge Richard Posner's criticism of the actions of the Conan Doyle Estate in the Sherlock Holmes litigation when he awarded costs $30,679 to defendant Leslie Klinger sprang to mind: Here Judge Posner in 7th Circuit appellate court said that the Doyle estate's business strategy was plain; "charge a modest fee for which there is no legal basis, in the hope that the 'rational' writer or publisher will pay it rather… [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 1:04 am by Ben
Bursch, who represents the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is hoping he can convince the U.S. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 5:30 am by Barry Sookman
http://t.co/d3Vwhz16Zz http://t.co/8v90gNGTdj -> Whatever “Most Influential” Means, Adam, Colin and Malcolm Fit the Description http://t.co/vhiOhoxqHF -> EC Reports on Annual Counterfeit Customs Enforcement; Counterfeits by Post Being Increasingly Targeted http://t.co/9Ndmpr3ssk -> Conan Doyle estate ordered to pay legal fees http://t.co/t8fYJCnIn6 -> Oz creatives launch Digital Content Guide http://t.co/NBbo9GQ9ED -> APIs and Copyright –… [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 3:52 pm by Eric Gill
Conan Doyle Estate Ltd. began with an implied threat of litigation, when the Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate threatened to meddle with the publication of editor Klinger’s modern-day, inspired-by anthology that depicted Holmes and his moustache-clad sidekick Watson. [read post]