Lawsuits

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.