Appeal Filed in ‘Harry Potter Lexicon’ Case

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.