Appeal Filed in 'Harry Potter Lexicon' Case
By John A. Sellers -- Publishers Weekly, 11/13/2008 4:14:00 PM
Lawyers for RDR Books have filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals regarding Judge Robert P. Patterson’s ruling in J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros.’s copyright infringement suit against the publisher. The appeal was filed on November 7 by RDR’s legal team, which includes lawyers from the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. In September, Judge Patterson ruled in favor of Rowling, issuing a permanent injunction against the publication of The Harry Potter Lexicon by Steven Vander Ark and awarding damages in the amount of $6,750.
Rowling and Warner Bros. sued RDR last fall to stop the publication of Vander Ark’s book, based on his Web site of the same name, claiming the book’s content would infringe on Rowling’s bestselling Harry Potter novels. Rowling, Vander Ark, publishing professionals and academics took the stand during three days of testimony this past April.
