‘Mockingbird’ Author Seeks to Renew Suit Against Ala. Museum

Three months after settling a trademark fight with a history museum in her hometown, To Kill a Mockingbird novelist Harper Lee is asking a judge to reinstate her lawsuit against the institution, Alabama news site al.com reports.

In a federal court filing, a lawyer for the 88-year-old author said the Monroe County Heritage Museum in Monroeville, Ala., has refused to move forward on the settlement agreement reached in February and is instead demanding additional terms. The document does not elaborate on the disputed terms, and the provisions of the original pact were not disclosed.

The museum is located in the former Monroe County courthouse, said to be a model for site of To Kill a Mockingbird’s centerpiece trial in which lawyer Atticus Finch defends a black man wrongly accused of rape. Ms. Lee filed suit in October, claiming the museum was profiting from unauthorized exploitation of her 1960 novel, which has sold more than 30 million copies and was adapted into an Oscar-winning movie.