Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties This is yet another Writer Beware post about allegations of royalties long left unpaid. But it’s also about the challenges of work-for-hire arrangements, and what can potentially go wrong when intellectual property repeatedly changes hands. The Complicated Background The BattleTech and Shadowrun franchises–which included both games and novels–were originally developed and published in the 1980s Read More The post Authors and Authors’ Estates Sue The Topps Company for Unpaid Royalties appeared first on Writer Beware. https://writerbeware.blog/2026/02/20/authors-and-authors-estates-sue-the-topps-company-for-unpaid-royalties #Contracts #Copyright #Lawsuits #Royalties