Lawsuits
From Tolkien Gateway
This article lists any lawsuits or legal actions relating to J.R.R. Tolkien and his works.
Domain disputes
jrrtolkien.com
- Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate Limited v. Network Operations Center, Alberta Hot Rods [1]
- Summary: No attempt of non-commercial use of the domain was made.
- Outcome: The Tolkien Estate wins control of the domain.
tolkien.net
- Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate Limited v. tolkien.net [2]
- Summary: There was no attempt by the owner to create an actual Tolkien-related website, thus it was assumed the owner was hoping to profit by most likely selling the domain.
- Outcome:The Tolkien Estate wins control of the domain.
shiremail.com
- Dispute: JRR Tolkien Estate v. Tarrant Costelloe [3] [4]
- Summary: The email service was not free and thus attempting to profit from Tolkien's works.
- Outcome: The domain name expired and now just displays advertisements.
lotrfanclub.com
- Dispute: The Saul Zaentz Company v. Siarhei Chyzhevich [5]
- Summary: After the The Lord of the Rings Fan Club was shut down by Decipher, they forgot to renew the domain name, lotrfanclub.com, after expiration a pornographic snatched up the domain.
- Outcome: Tolkien Enterprises wins control of the domain.
hobbit.es
- Dispute: The Saul Zaentz Company doing business as Tolkien Enterprises v. Marc Rodríguez Negro [6]
- Summary: Not a non-commercial site.
- Outcome: Tolkien Enterprises wins control of the domain.
Image disputes
fan.theonering.net/rolozo
- Date: June 14th, 2004
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked webmaster to remove all maps.
- Outcome: All maps were removed.
tolkienion.com
- Date: June 16th, 2004
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove material that infringes their copyrights, specifically the maps.
- Outcome: Website complied and removed maps.
tolkien-maps.com
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
- Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.
lotrmaps.cjb.net
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
- Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.
lotrmaps.middle-earth.us
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
- Outcome: Website complies and shuts down.
7up.org/gecko/gallery2
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
- Outcome: Website complies and removes Tolkien-related maps.
isildur.com
- Dispute: Tolkien Estate asked website to remove copyright infringing maps.
- Outcome: Website complies and removes maps section.
Content disputes
merp.com
- Dispute: Tolkien Enterprises asked website to remove all material relating to ICE Roleplaying material.
- Outcome: Website complied and removed material.
