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EISEN, DURWOOD & CO., INC. v. TOLKIEN

No. 86 Civ. 1081 (VLB).

794 F.Supp. 85 (1992)

EISEN, DURWOOD & COMPANY, INC. d/b/a Ariel Books, Plaintiff, v. Christopher R. TOLKIEN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 6, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Szold & Brandwen, New York City, for defendants.

Bluestein & Sander, New York City, for Martin J. Bluestein.

Arent, Fox, McGarrahan & Heard, New York City, for plaintiff.

Deutsch, Klagsburn & Blasband, New York City, for Houghton Mifflin Company.

Morvillo, Abramowitz & Grand, New York City, for George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

This case involves the validity of the copyright on J.R.R. Tolkien's three-part novel The Lord of the Rings ("the work").1 The operative facts are undisputed.

Plaintiff, a book packaging firm specializing in arranging for new editions of previously published material, seeks declarations that any U.S. copyright on the work is invalid, that its original edition...

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