Two shops selling pirated Atlas Books sealed

Pettah police raided, two wholesale shops selling Atlas pirated books, abusing the Atlas trademark and brand name, the leading stationery manufacturer said. The shops were sealed after a warrant was issued by the Colombo Magistrates Court.

Atlas, recently obtained the exclusive licence to publish images of several popular children's cartoon characters and super heroes on its range of stationery products including images of Marvel Superheroes, Wolverine, Thor, Iron Man the First Avenger and Spiderman. The company also obtained rights for the Ben 10 range of images, including Ben 10, Ben 10 Alien Force and Ben 10 Ultimate, as well as children's cartoon, The Power puff Girls.