Suprise, suprise: Lucasfilm Ltd. is the victor in their court battle against High-Tech Magic, which sold unauthorized lightsaber replicas. The Maryland company has the privilege of paying LFL $250,000 (ouch!) and is banned from selling any facsimile of a lighted or glowing sword … and/or parts designed to enable others to build.”
Here’s the raw press release. Paranoid fans, pay special attention to Lucas Licensing President Howard Roffman on such matters: “Our goal is to go after and shut down businesses that are trying to make a profit off of creations and properties that do not belong to them.”
Since I don’t make or sell anything Star Wars, I guess I have a hard time getting worked up about this. It’s LFL’s property. Good for them for upholding it!
Besides, it’s not as if LFL doesn’t try to go the C&D route, first.