Conan Wiki:General disclaimer

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Conan, Conan the Barbarian and related logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Conan Properties International LLC [CPI; a wholly owned subsidiary of Paradox Entertainment, Inc.] unless otherwise noted. On 6 February 2006 Paradox Entertainment acquired all rights to Robert E. Howard's complete library.

The following statements regarding the ownership of various characters etc. were part of a longer release by Paradox Entertainment (also posted by Joakim Zetterberg on The Conan Forums):


 * Ownership of all Robert E. Howard characters, including Conan®, Kull®, Bran Mak Morn™, and Red Sonya™ (with a “y”) was acquired by either Paradox Entertainment, Inc. or by its affiliated company, Conan Properties International LLC, from the various entities which held the rights to the Howard characters and the derivative characters created over the years by such licensees as Marvel.


 * Red Sonja® (with a “j”) is owned by Red Sonja LLC which is not affiliated with either Paradox Entertainment, Inc., or Conan Properties International LLC.


 * Conan Properties International and Paradox Entertainment, Inc. own the copyrights and trademarks to the Robert E. Howard world of Hyboria™. Red Sonja LLC is a licensee of Paradox Entertainment, Inc. and Conan Properties International LLC and has been granted the non-exclusive right to use the Hyboria world and setting as the home for its Red Sonja character, but only in that context, as long as there is no use of the Conan character in connection with any use by Red Sonja LLC of its Red Sonja character.

Some people assert that many of Howard's works are in the public domain (see, for example, The Copyright and Ownership Status of the Works and Words of Robert E. Howard by Paul Herman). Nevertheless, it is the policy of Conan wiki to respect CPI's broad intellectual property rights. Hence, links to sites providing the original text of Howard's stories MUST NOT be included on Conan wiki.