Jag har inte läst något om detta här tidigare:
Intressant är ju att Red Sonya skapades av RE Howard 1934, och Red Sonja av Marvels Roy Thomas and Barry Smith 1975 -- uppenbart baserat på Howards skapelse.
Spännande va? I Newsaramas artikel kan man läsa att Paradox anklagas för att ha[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sonja" said:wikipedia.org[/url]]
On June 6, 2006 comic news site Newsarama reported that Red Sonja, LLC (which holds rights to the Roy Thomas version of the character) filed a lawsuit on four counts against Paradox Entertainment (which holds rights to Red Sonya as part of the Howard library) in US Federal Court in April of 2006. The four counts are claims of copyright infringement, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition.
Någon som känner till något mer om detta? Eller bara vad Paradox har för planer med Sonya?[url="http://www.newsarama.com/dynamitenew/redsonja/12/SonjaConan.html" said:newsarama.com[/url]]
Created a press release stating that it owned Howard's three "most famous" and listed "Sonya with a y," which was then picked up by other sources and referred to as "Sonja with a j" and Paradox did nothing to correct the error.
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Fabricated a letter to the editor to Dark Horse's Conan comic issue #23 which asked the editor when readers might see "Sonya with a y" back with Conan in the comics.
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Have continuously confused and exploited the public's confusion between Red Sonja and Red Sonya
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Attempted to interfere with Red Sonja, LLC's contracts and potential contracts
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Has attached a registration symbol ® on the name Red Sonya in all press, and, the complaint alleges, the notice is fraudulent, as the mark is unregistered.
Intressant är ju att Red Sonya skapades av RE Howard 1934, och Red Sonja av Marvels Roy Thomas and Barry Smith 1975 -- uppenbart baserat på Howards skapelse.