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Message: <blockquote data-quote="embee" data-source="post: 8154053" data-attributes="member: 7026827">Doubtful. Hasbro is, in many ways, like Disney. It has an extensive portfolio of IP and a well-staffed office of general counsel that actively manages it. They deal with IP day-in and day-out. They don't farm it out. And when they do farm it out, it goes to the biglaw law firm where their Chief Legal Officer came from (Hale & Door). Licensing is what they do and one look at the 3,982 different branded versions of Monopoly proves that.  I understand the love that folk have for Dragonlance. But it is a stale IP that hasn't had a new addition in over a decade. If there was $10 million to be made from Dragonlance books, there would have been Dragonlance books. This lawsuit was filed two months ago. No Answer was filed. The lawsuit was just a kick in the ass to get something done. Weis & Hickman aren't getting any kind of big payday from this lawsuit. They were suing for advance payments and royalties. Nora Roberts gets $10 million per year in royalty payments. That's on 15 million books sold per year. Weis and Hickman have around 23 million books sold over their lifetime. If anything, they're getting a limited license to publish whatever book is in a somewhat final form, with Hasbro getting a cut of any profits. I'm possibly curious as to what the advance payments Weis & Hickman were paid but, frankly, I'm curious as to whether the books would even earn out. Their advance payments might be the only money they see from the books.</blockquote>

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