Now, Posner has issued an opinion awarding Klinger more than $69,000 in legal fees (Klinger, an attorney, was respresented by Jonathan Kirsch both have contributed book reviews to the Los Angeles Times). That was in December in June, Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner rejected an appeal by the Conan Doyle estate, siding with Klinger. District Judge Ruben Castillo found in favor of Klinger.
NAME OF THE OTHER FAMOUS NOVEL SHERLOCK HOLMES APPEARED IN FREE
“Sherlock Holmes belongs to the world,” Klinger wrote on his Free Sherlock website.įirst U.S. Watson, nemesis Moriarty, the famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street - should be free to use. Klinger brought suit against the estate, arguing that Sherlock Holmes and the other familiar elements of his stories - sidekick Dr. We work with these compan routinely to weed out unlicensed uses of Sherlock Holmes from their offerings, and will not hesitate to do so with your book as well,” representatives of the estate wrote. to bring out unlicensed, do not expect to see it offered for sale by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and similar retailers. The Conan Doyle estate contacted publisher Pegasus and implied that if it weren’t paid a licensing fee, it would take steps to block the book’s distribution.
The anthology, coming from Pegasus, collects new stories inspired by (and including) Sherlock Holmes from writers Michael Connelly, Cornelia Funke, Harlan Ellison, Jeffery Deaver, Sara Paretsky and more. Enter Klinger and “ In the Company of Sherlock Holmes,” the pending anthology he coedited with Laurie R.
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