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Originally Posted by kyōdai
I think, the main purpose of these lawsuits might have been to establish the Conan Doyle Estate as the (sole) rights holder of "Sherlock Holmes".
Because as it turns out, it is not quite clear who actually owned the rights to the books or the characters at that point.
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It's such a mess.
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate has its own website, completely separate from Conan Doyle Estate Ltd.
And unlike the other site, they don't sell
official Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Mountblanc pens from their website -- ranging from £ 770.00 to £ 32,000.00.
Instead, they have information about ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! (But they did license a Sherlock Holmes pen...)
It reminds me of the way
Middle-earth Enterprises (once known as Tolkien Enterprises) was actually created by a film producer and yet owns some worldwide exclusive rights to some of Tolkien's works. (It's now owned by Embracer Group.) You can go to the
licensing portion of their website and buy licensed products like Tolkien games, Rivendell bicycles, Middle Earth Honey, and even mats from Middle Earth Yoga.
