10 Biggest (And Weirdest) Lawsuits In Star Trek History
6. A Sexy Federation Of Planets
Johanna Lindsey, author of Warrior's Woman, was sued by Sharon Green, author of The Warrior Within. Here are both synopses, starting with Warrior's Woman:
Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reign supreme - and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter.
And The Warrior Within:
On assignment to a primitive planet where women are valued for their pliancy and eroticism, Terri encounters the huge barbarian Tammad -- a blond behemoth who appreciates her in an entirely different way from the men on her home world. Torn between attraction and rebelliousness, she begins a journey that will shape her life, and the lives of those around her...
While we immediately source copies of these novels, Green's lawsuit stated that Lindsey's 'Centura League of Confederated Planets' was entirely too similar to her own 'Central Amalgamation'. This, among other things, was the basis for her argument.
The Court threw out the case. They argued that Star Trek had beaten both author's to the punch, with their United Federation of Planets. Beside, they continued, a central alliance of worlds was hardly something that could be trademarked by any one author.