I Think Umberto Eco Should Sue

Judgment for defendants in Baigent & Leigh v. Random House Ltd (as Dan Brown's publishers and, in fact, their own)

(There's a summary version on the HM Court Service website.)

There is no "Architecture" or "Structure" to be found in HBHG or the Central Themes as contended by the Claimants nor has Dan Brown infringed any such Architecture or Structure or substantially copied HBHG when he wrote DVC although it is clear it was used to write the Langdon/Teabing lectures.

Not my legal field so I pass no comment, save that historically and artistically both books are rubbish. Peter Smith seems to have been quite enthused, more than he has been when I've been before him anyway.