Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., a family-owned company that owns the copyright and trademark rights to the works of fantasy adventure author Edgar Rice Burroughs, has filed a lawsuit against comic book distributor Dynamic Forces and publisher Dynamite Entertainment.
The suit pertains to Dynamite Entertainment's graphic novels based on "Tarzan" and "John Carter of Mars".
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. alleges that Dynamite’s comic book series "Warlord of Mars" based on Burroughs' "John Carter" and "Lord of the Jungle", based on Burroughs' "Tarzan Of The Apes", is guilty of trademark infringement and unfair competition.
The suit says although Dynamic and Dynamite previously tried to make a deal with ERB Inc. ERB Inc. never agreed to any terms.
ERB Inc. created by Burroughs in 1923, is located in Tarzana, Calif.
The first novel by Burroughs, "Tarzan of the Apes", was originally published in the 1912 pulp magazine "The All-Story" before its publication as a hard cover book.
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