When I woke up this morning it occurred to me that I had given short shrift to Willy the Wizard’s claims in my post yesterday, and being a type-A personality the nagging feeling that I hadn’t done my homework sat uncomfortably in the back of my mind at breakfast and on the train into work. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Harry Potter'
Willy the Wizard Redux
July 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Copyright, Popular
Tags:Copyright·fantasy·Harry Potter
Willy the Wizard vs. Harry Potter
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Copyright, Popular
Nothing breeds lawsuits like success. Apart from The Bible and the complete works of William Shakespeare, nothing has captured the hearts and minds of a generation of readers like the Harry Potter saga. In our modern age, of course, the price of fame is being subject to calumny and accusations of plagiarism, copyright infringement, and [...]
Tags:Copyright·Harry Potter·J.K. Rowling·plagiarism·Willy the Wizard
I am a commercial litigator and intellectual property lawyer in San Francisco. Although my practice encompasses a wide variety of business disputes, I have a particular fondness for, and am prone to wax philosophical on, the subjects of copyright and trademark infringement in music, literature, art, and film.
