The Hobbit producers sue 'mockbuster' film company

Sunday 26th May

Posted at 8:21AM Friday 09 Nov 2012

The film studios behind The Hobbit films are suing low-budget company The Asylum for trademark infringement, over its new film Age of the Hobbits.

Share |

Daily book trade headlines and breaking publishing news by email - just £3 a month. Click on the Subscribe button below to sign up now

The Office of Fair Trading has cleared the completed acquisition by Oxford University Press of Nelson Thornes Ltd

Books deal with war, dystopian futures and terminal illness

What's really behind Amazon's tax war

Government will likely be able to prove Apple's guilt in coordinating a conspiracy to raise e-book prices

Publisher says these books are 'no longer viable' as sales drop by more than a quarter

Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Now Available for Pre-Order for Customers in over 170 Countries Around the World, Shipping June 13