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Rowling wins 'Lexicon' court case
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.
Family loses Steinbeck rights case
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. ...
PoD publishers sue Amazon over BookSurge
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...
Harry Potter case will be a landmark, whatever the outcome
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...
Bond book pulped
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...
Gunter Grass takes publisher to court
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.
Bid to outlaw 'libel tourism'
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...
Rowling sues over Potter encyclopedia
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...
Author sues Nobel winner over failed book
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...
In brief
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...
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