Ubisoft have announced that they've acquired the rights to Tom Clancy's name:

Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, announces that it has concluded an agreement with Mr. Tom Clancy to acquire all intellectual property rights to the Tom Clancy name, on a perpetual basis and free of all related future royalty payments, for use in video games and ancillary products including related books, movies and merchandising products.

While the exact number of dump trucks full of cash that were left at the Writer-formerly-known-as-Clancy's house is unknown, the press release states that this purchase will save Ubisoft at least 5 million Euros a year - around AU$8.5 million.