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Originally Posted by pwalker8
And this is the issue. What if Tolkien had started suing everyone who used the words Hobbit and Halfling? It really would come down to someone who was aggressive and willing to push the envelop. As we have seen with patent law, even the threat of a lawsuit will cause people to back off. Very few authors or publishers would be willing to risk a lawsuit given the small amounts of money involved for most works.
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The earliest iterations of Dungeons & Dragons, long before it became big business, included Hobbits and Balrogs. Until they were sued by the Tolkien estate.