Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe estate of Arthur Conan Doyle has filed a lawsuit alleging that an upcoming Netflix film about Sherlock Holmes’ younger sister infringes on the Holmes stories that remain under copyright.The estate claims that “Enola Holmes,” starring Millie Bobby Brown, depicts the legendary detective as warm and friendly, a characterization that only appears in the final 10 Holmes stories.The estate has zealously sought to protect its rights to Sherlock Holmes, even as most of the stories have slipped past the 95-year window for copyright protection in the U.S.In June 2014, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that the character is in the public domain, and rejected the estate’s effort to block distribution of a.
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