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5 Oct 2020, 12:57 am by Jani Ihalainen
 Although the courts have acknowledged in Klinger v Conan Doyle Estate that Sherlock Holmes as a character is protectable (within the relevant term), the extent of "roundedness" that could extend outside of the term is very debatable. [read post]
5 Oct 2020, 12:57 am by Jani Ihalainen
 Although the courts have acknowledged in Klinger v Conan Doyle Estate that Sherlock Holmes as a character is protectable (within the relevant term), the extent of "roundedness" that could extend outside of the term is very debatable. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 11:30 am by Sheldon Toplitt
Image via WikipediaActress Katie Holmes, 32, whose five-year marriage to actor Tom Cruise--Hollywood's most famous Scientologist--has been fodder for supermarket tabloids, has filed a $50 million defamation suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Star Magazine's parent company, American Media, Inc., whose stable of publications also includes The National Inquirer.The nine-page Complaint, Katie Holmes v. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 5:00 am by Hon. Richard G. Kopf
 The good professor trots out all the old criticisms of Holmes, such as emphasizing Buck v. [read post]
28 Apr 2011, 11:10 am by Sheldon Toplitt
" blog report today that actress Katie Holmes has settled her $50 million defamation suit against Florida-based American Media's Star Magazine (see "TUOL" post 3/2/11).Although the financial terms of the settlement in the Los Angeles Superior Court case, Katie Holmes v. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 11:58 am
Today the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issued its decision in Leslie Klinger v Conan Doyle Estate, in which it held that #freesherlock is the answer to the fascinating copyright saga that has kept Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's fans in an almost unbearable state of suspense for some time.Writing on behalf of the Court, Circuit Judge Richard Posner [who - this Kat is told - is known as a huge cat lover] nicely summarised what this… [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 7:49 am by Sandy Levinson
 Most of us have become wary of Holmes's full throated majoritarianism and his suggestion that judges should basically be indifferent to the tyrannical aspects of government (save, perhaps, when regulating the speech at least of "puny anonymities," though not, say, Eugene V. [read post]
17 May 2011, 11:12 am
Here is the abstract.This Article is the first in-depth comparison of two classic defenses of free speech that have profoundly influenced First Amendment law: John Stuart Mill's On Liberty and Justice Holmes's dissenting opinion in Abrams v. [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]