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The Conan Doyle Estate Ltd owns the last remaining protected story and character copyrights in the USA and also own trademark and common law rights in the name and image of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger and other Conan Doyle characters in the USA, European Union, U.K. and many other countries around the world.
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William Powell and John Barrymore in the Silent Film Sherlock Holmes, 1922 John Springer Collection/CORBIS. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930, but his most famous work—stories about the ...
Apr 20, 2023 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote countless adventures with this marvellous brain and his dear friend Doctor Watson in the centre of creative gravity. His last story “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes” was published in 1927, three years before the famous author died at the age of 71.
Dec 28, 2022 · As outlined by Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain, the start of 2023 will mark the end of US copyrights on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s final Sherlock Holmes stories ...
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In February 2013, Leslie Klinger – an author, editor, and Sherlock Holmes expert – brought legal actionagainst the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Klinger sought a declaration that the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are no longer protected by copyright law. He ...
The Conan Doyle estatehas sought to defend the copyright not only in respect of the stories, but also the characters in the stories. The estate has argued that there should be independent copyright protection for Conan Doyle’s characters. The estate noted: "No court has yet addressed this issue in the context of a literary character continuously cr...
Hopefully, the copyright Battle of Baker Street may lay some of these issues to rest. The Estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle should not be able to unnaturally extend the life of copyright through its creative claims in respect of the canonical characters. Similarly, Andrea Plunket should not be able to block the appearance of works about Sherlock Hol...
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Jan 14, 2023 · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his stories over several decades. Before 2023, the earlier stories were in the public domain, while the later ones were still subject to copyright. The last Sherlock Holmes stories came out as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes in 1927, and everything published in 1927 entered the public domain at the end of 2022 under US federal law.
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Jan 7, 2014 · Arthur Conan Doyle, pictured above in 1905, is the creator of the Sherlock Holmes detective novels. His estate plans to appeal the federal judge's decision. London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images
