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Amazon, Tolkien Heirs Get $135K Fees In Fan Fiction IP Suit

By Bonnie Eslinger ( December 18, 2023, 8:12 PM EST) -- A California federal judge awarded Amazon and J.R.R. Tolkien's heirs $134,000 in attorney fees in litigation he previously tossed, which claimed they ripped off a fan-fiction writer's sequel to "The Lord of the Rings," calling the complaint "frivolous" and underscoring the "fantasticality" of the writer's copyright infringement claim....

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