D&D makers escalate lawsuit against Gygax son over trademark violations and a racist RPG

pcgamer.com:

Wizards of the Coast, makers of Dungeons & Dragons, have asked the court to stop D&D co-creator Gary Gygax's son, Ernie, from using trademarks for TSR, Gygax's company, and Star Frontiers, his science-fiction roleplaying game. Wizards of the Coast purchased TSR and its games in 1997, but Ernie Gygax's company, which uses the TSR name, claims that Wizards of the Coast let those trademarks lapse and plans to publish a new edition of Star Frontiers.

Last year, TSR LLC and Ernie Gygax were accused of making racist and transphobic remarks(opens in new tab), and recently, a leaked document alleged to be a copy of TSR LLC's Star Frontiers: New Genesis included racist rules, describing a «Negro» race with below-average intelligence and a «Nordic» race with above-average statistics. (LaNasa's company shared a Facebook post(opens in new tab) alleging that the documents are fake.)

As reported by GeekWire(opens in new tab), this seem to have been the last straw for Wizards of the Coast. The company has filed an injunction(opens in new tab) asking courts to block the release of Star Frontiers: New Genesis while the trademark dispute is resolved. 

Wizards' injunction is predicated on the argument that while they did not renew the trademarks for TSR in the national system, they have retained their rights to the trademarks by licensing out the old game material for digital distribution since 2012. Further, Wizards argues that the publication of Star Frontiers: New Genesis would cause irreparable harm to the trademark they own, as would continued use of the TSR brand and trademarks, specifically saying that it is a «degrading, offensive product containing Wizards' Marks» and comes as Wizards of the Coast has in recent years «redoubled