Lawsuits As Publicity Stunts: The Da Vinci Lawsuits | Techdirt

Earlier this month, we wrote about a ridiculous lawsuit in the UK by the author of a non-fiction book, claiming that author Dan Brown somehow "stole" the ideas in their book for his best seller, The Da Vinci Code. That case quickly was thrown out. However, it looks like others are trying the same trick, this time in the US. Another author had filed a $150 million suit in the US claiming the same t