Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:citation 755 F.3d 496
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date June 16, 2014
gptkbp:defendant Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Klinger_v._Conan_Doyle_Estate,_Ltd.
gptkbp:heldBy Sherlock Holmes stories published before 1923 are in the public domain in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Klinger v. Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Richard_Posner
gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Seventh_Circuit
gptkbp:legalIssue whether elements of Sherlock Holmes stories published before 1923 are in the public domain
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Leslie_S._Klinger
gptkbp:predecessor public domain status of literary characters
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Sherlock_Holmes
gptkbp:subject gptkb:intellectual_property
public domain
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leslie_S._Klinger
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5