Geneva - The estate auditors of JRR Tolkien won a cybersquatting case on Tuesday as the final installment of the film trilogy based on his books, The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, continued to top the worldwide box office.

Alberta Hot Rods, a Canadian-based operator that registered www.jrrtolkien.com and linked it to its commercial celebrity website, was found to have no legitimate rights, the World Intellectual Property Organisation said in a ruling.

The group has already lost domain name cases brought by actors Pierce Brosnan and Pamela Anderson, and author Michael Crichton. Tolkien's estate has given publishers Harper Collins exclusive licence over the sale of books, audio tapes and other merchandise related to the late Oxford academic.
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