'Hobbit' Name Banned as Name for Hobbit

They were just trying to get people to attend their lecture: A New Zealand scientist was stopped from using the word "hobbit" in the title of his talk about a miniature species of early human, reports the Guardian.
Brent Alloway, a New Zealander and archaeologist, is holding a lecture soon featuring two of the scientists who found Homo floresiensis in 2003.

 

He wanted to call it "The Other Hobbit." But the company who made "The Hobbit" movie told him that he couldn't use it, even though it's a pretty common word that J.R. Tolkien actually coined.

Alloway has changed the name of his lecture to "A newly discovered species of Little People -- unraveling the legend behind Homo floresiensis." Not as catchy. More