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21 July 2014Copyright

Doyle Estate hits back in Sherlock Holmes case

The heirs to Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have said it will be “almost impossible” that a forthcoming book based on the detective will not infringe its copyright despite two US courts ruling the opposite.

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