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   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   Someone posted this in the alt.usage.english newsgroup recently. I thought it   
   might be of interest here too:   
      
   "The word 'hobbit' has certainly been seeing a lot of legal action   
   lately, thanks to the Saul Zaentz Company and Middle-earth Enterprises,   
   which own trademarks on various Tolkien terms. First there was The   
   Hobbit pub, which was threatened with legal action if they didn't change   
   their name, but settled on a licensing deal thanks to support from 'The   
   Hobbit' actors James Frey and Sir Ian McKellen. Then came 'Age of the   
   Hobbits,' a rather obvious cash-in low-budget film from The Asylum   
   studio, which claimed their hobbits had nothing to do with Tolkien's.   
   They're also facing legal action demanding the title be changed. Yet   
   today, the legal brawl has extended into the scholarly realm, as a   
   professor who had planned to use the word 'hobbit' in his lecture title   
   was forbidden permission by the SZC."   
      
   Full story here:   
      
   http://snipurl.com/25gxrwv  [www_examiner_com]   
      
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