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(I don't know if any of you had heard of this lawsuit relating to the Harry Potter books.-L.) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roy Lewis Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:01 AM To: SYSCON-TX List (E-mail) Subject: Stouffer's Potter Suit Dismissed >From Publisher Lunch Thursday, September 19 Stouffer's Potter Suit Dismissed J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, and Warner Bros. have prevailed on summary judgment, granted by the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in Nancy Stouffer's suit that alleged Rowling had infringed upon her Legend of Rah and the Muggles and stories about a character named Larry Potter, written in the 1980s. The court found that "publication, distribution, and exploitation of the Harry Potter books does not violate any of Stouffer's intellectual property rights", and ordered that "Stouffer is permanently enjoined from making false representations to third parties indicating that she owns all rights in the 'Muggle' and 'Muggles' trademarks and copyrights, or indicating that plaintiffs have violated her intellectual property rights." Furthermore, according to Scholastic's release, the court declared that Stouffer "perpetrated a fraud on the Court through her submission of fraudulent documents which were willfully altered" as well as through her "untruthful testimony"; and "asserted claims and defenses without any reasonable basis in fact or law and has attempted to support such claims and defenses with items of evidence that have been created or altered for purposes of this litigation." They imposed sanctions of $50,000 and a portion of the defendants' legal fees. Stouffer's lawyer Thomas McNamara told the AP, "We were surprised and disappointed with the decision. We were particularly troubled by the court's determination that she submitted falsified evidence. She adamantly denies that." Scholastic/Warner Bros. Press release <http://click.email-publisher.com/maaaxi1aaTCdma4b7Pjc/> Roy Lewis Northeast Texas Library System www.netls.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] 972-205-2571 FAX 972-205-2767 --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
