verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message paradox entertainment nasdaq nordic pdxe owns rights to many intellectual properties the most famous of which is conan the barbarian as created by pulp author robert e. howard and expanded upon by many other authors over the years . other properties include bran mak morn kull solomon kane mutant mutant chronicles warzone kult and chronopia . former licences include heavy gear . paradox entertainment claims that the company own the rights to all of robert e. howard s stories and characters . they arguably would have a trademark on the character names for marketing purposes but there is no evidence that their claims of owning copyright on the original stories and characters are valid . howard s stories were published at a time when the copyrights had to be explicitly renewed to continue and there is no record of this ever happening . 1 the copyright status of all of howard s works published during his life are thus in question . 2 in the united kingdom 70 years after the death of an author his works fall into the public domain and as such the works of robert e. howard have now fallen into the public domain there . paradox entertainment is publicly listed in stockholm sweden but all business is conducted from the main office in los angeles usa . paradox interactive based in stockholm is no longer a part of paradox entertainment . on august 21 2011 the day the 2011 conan film opened slmi sued unsuccessfully 3 paradox entertainment conan sales co. arthur lieberman and others over the rights to conan as they claim conan was improperly transferred to conan sales co. and sold to paradox . 4 fredrik malmberg s new company cabinet entertainment has thru cabinet holdings acquired paradox entertainment inc. and all subsidiaries and their properties including the robert e. howard properties conan kull and solomon kane as well as the original target paradox properties mutant chronicles warzone kult chronopia and mutant . purchase price for all shares in peinc amounts to 7 million in cash . 5 6 7 filmography edit reasonable doubt 2014 references edit paul herman s research on the copyright status of robert howard s works copyright term and the public domain in the united states at cornell university 9th circ . nixes appeal over conan the barbarian rights . law360 . 22 oct 2013 . eriq eriq 2011 08 22 . conan the barbarian lawsuit seeks character rights . the hollywood reporter . retrieved 24 august 2011 . http www.tabletopgamingnews.com conan property of cabinet holdings now http www.reuters.com article 2015 04 23 idusl5n0xk2m220150423 http movieweb.com legend conan barbarian movie cinematic universe external links edit paradox entertainment http cabinetentertainment.com this swedish corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this video game corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a media company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paradox entertainment & oldid 675601421 categories role playing game publishing companiesswedish company stubsvideo game company stubsmedia company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from february 2009all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italianopolskiportugu s svenska ti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 11 august 2015 at 15 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view