Intellectual Property Law

Rowling Wins Against Lexicon

By Posted by Alan Wexelblat

In a not-at-all-surprising decision, Judge Patterson has ruled to block publication of the print version of Steven Vander Ark's "Harry Potter Lexicon."

The judge's decision noted that the proposed Lexicon

copies distinctive original language from the Harry Potter works in excess of its otherwise legitimate purpose of creating a reference guide.

Some reports note that there may be an appeal of the decision, or the publisher may use the decision as a guideline for which material was objectionable and could be excised to result in a Lexicon that could be published and stand up under fair use scrutiny.

Full post as published by Copyfight - The Politics of IP on October 08, 2008 (boomark / email).