KLINGER v. CONAN DOYLE ESTATE, LTD.

No. 13 C 1226.

988 F.Supp.2d 879 (2013)

Leslie S. KLINGER, Plaintiff, v. CONAN DOYLE ESTATE, LTD., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

December 23, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Gilbert , John A. Leja , Polsinelli Shughart PC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Benjamin Allison , Sutin Thayer & Browne, A Professional Corporation, Santa Fe, NM, Lynn E. Mostoller , Sutin, Thayer & Browne, APC, Albuquerque, NM, William Frederick Zieske , Zieske Law, Woodstock, IL, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RUBÉN CASTILLO, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Leslie S. Klinger ("Klinger") brings this copyright action against Defendant Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd. ("Conan Doyle"), seeking a declaratory judgment pursuant to the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201. Specifically, Klinger seeks a declaration that various characters, character traits and other story elements from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories...

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