That is until he found another law firm willing to file another copyright suit against Brown, but this time in the UK.
In 2007, Judge Michael Ponsor threw out the case, claiming that all the evidence Dunn’s legal team provided amounted to thematic and structural similarities, which are not copyrightable.įor the proceeding decade, Dunn simply went away. One such case that we did not cover here was brought by Jack Dunn of Massachusetts, who authored a book called The Vatican Boys, and sued Brown in Massachusetts for copyright infringement over the usual claims: there were claimed similarities in characters, plots, and factual assertions (including some that are erroneous in both). Not long after publishing the book in 2003 to wide acclaim, several legal actions took place against Brown and his publisher, as well as some action initiated by the publisher to stave off claims of copyright infringement and plagiarism.
Thu, Oct 19th 2017 03:59pm - Timothy GeignerĪuthor Dan Brown is certainly not a stranger to copyright claims and lawsuits over his bestseller The Da Vinci Code.
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