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J K Rowling has won a court case against the author of a fan-compiled 'lexicon' of the Harry Potter books. The author and publisher of the lexicon are considering an appeal.
The son and granddaughter of John Steinbeck have lost a US Federal Court Appeal in a long-running case over the rights to a number of Steinbeck's most famous books, including The Grapes of Wrath. ...
A group of small US-based publishers headed by Booklocker.com has launched a class-action suit against Amazon.com, alleging that its attempts to force the use of its print-on-demand (PoD) subsidiary B...
Writing in The Times, two copyright lawyers argue that whatever the outcome of the case against the author of the Harry Potter encylopedia, it will be a landmark case in establishing the boundaries of...
A book from a small British publisher about the 40-year legal battle over film rights to James Bond has been pulped after lawyers acting for the estate of Bond creator Ian Fleming clained the book inc...
German author Gunter Grass has reportedly started legal proceedings against the German arm of Random House over a phrase in a recent biography that suggests he knowingly joined the SS during WWII.
Author Rachel Ehrenfeld has launched a groundbreaking legal case in the US against one of the richest men in the world, the Saudi investment banker Khalid bin Mahfouz, in an attempt to prevent 'l...
J K Rowling and Warner Bros. have filed a lawsuit in the US to try to block the publication of an 'unofficial encyclopedic companion to the Harry Potter series'. The 400-page book, The Harry...
Canadian author Shahir Shahidsaless is suing the Nobel Prize-winner and Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi. The dispute relates to a book the two co-authored, with Shahidsaless accusing E...
Ex-MP sued for defamation by ex-NSW policeFormer NSW parliamentarian Peter Breen is being sued for defamation by two retired police officers over references in Breen's self-published book Life as a Se...