Legal Battles and Copyright Claims Surrounding J.R.R. Tolkien's Legacy

A devoted fan of the Lord of the Rings novels, Demetrious Polychron, has been barred from selling or keeping copies of his unauthorized sequel, "The Fellowship of the King," following a lawsuit by the Tolkien estate. Polychron had written to the Tolkien family expressing his desire to write the next chapter of the series, but his attempts to collaborate were rebuffed. The estate sued Polychron for copyright infringement, alleging that his book copied plot points and characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's original series. Polychron's own lawsuit, claiming that the Amazon Studios series "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" copied his work, was dismissed as frivolous. The judge ruled in favor of the Tolkien estate, granting a permanent injunction against Polychron and ordering him to destroy any copies of his book.