Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry have won their battle to stop former detective Goncalo Amaral's book Maddie: The Truth Of The Lie being published.
The couple claimed it could hamper the search for their daughter.
Here is a timeline of their battle:
2008
July: Goncalo Amaral's book Maddie: The Truth Of The Lie is published.
It claims Madeleine died in her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007, and questions the McCanns' account that she was abducted.
Mr Amaral led the initial Madeleine inquiry for Portugal's CID, the Policia Judiciaria (PJ), but was taken off the case in October 2007 after criticising the British police in a newspaper interview.
2009
May 16: The McCanns announce they are to sue Mr Amaral over his claims.
A statement from the family says the primary reason for the legal action is to stop any negative effect the claims may have on the ongoing search for Madeleine.
September 9: A Portuguese judge grants an injunction banning further sales or publications of Mr Amaral's book.
The injunction bans Mr Amaral from repeating his claims and means the former detective has to ensure all unsold copies are removed from shops and warehouses across Europe or face a fine.
2010
January 12: Mr Amaral tries to overturn the ban at a hearing in Lisbon which Gerry and Kate McCann attend.
Chief Inspector Tavares de Almeida tells the civil court hearing he believes Madeleine died in her family's apartment in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz on the day she went missing.
The main evidence for this was the findings of British police sniffer dogs sent to Portugal to examine the flat, he said.
Mr McCann later says the hearing has been given "no evidence" to support the thesis that Madeleine is dead.
January 14: Mr Amaral vows to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights Europe if he loses the legal challenge.
The Lisbon hearing is adjourned until February 10.
January 15: The McCanns' lawyer says the couple will lodge a complaint with Portuguese police alleging Mr Amaral broke his country's strict judicial secrecy laws.
The couple allege he passed on information about the police investigation into Madeleine's disappearance before the case was closed - a criminal offence in Portugal - by sending a draft of the book to his publishers several months before the judicial secrecy period in the case was lifted in July 2008.
February 10: The hearing in Lisbon concludes and Judge Maria Gabriela Cunha Rodrigues says she will reserve judgment until February 18.
February 18: A judge in Lisbon rejects an attempt by Amaral to overturn an injunction halting the sale.