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London: The estate of Chronicles of Narnia author C S Lewis has been involved in a dispute with a Scottish family over the purchase of an internet domain name.
Richard and Gillian Saville-Smith, who live in Edinburgh in Scotland, paid 70 pounds ($140) to purchase the domain name Narnia.mobi from the internet registration company Fasthosts in 2006 so their 10-year-old son could have it as an email address.
However, the C S Lewis company, owners of author’s estate, have asked the family to return the domain name.
But the family refused, and were consequently handed with a 128-page legal complaint filed with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Switzerland.
The family wanted to surprise the boy with the birthday present coinciding with the British release of the film "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian", but were greatly disappointed with the legal case.
"To try to ruthlessly snatch away a gift intended for a young boy who loves his Narnia books is unbelievable," Mrs. Saville-Smith said.
The family has to respond to the WIPO by June 23 with the organisation expected to makes its decision within a month.
The estate's law firm was not available for comment.
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