Harry Potter Lexicon Trial Underway

Wizards and muggles and dragons, oh my! Looks like the Harry Potter Lexicon could use an anti-jinx spell.

Author J.K. Rowling testified in a New York courtroom today that Michigan-based RDR Books', "Harry Potter Lexicon" infringes on her work, saying the lexicon represents "wholesale theft" of her 17 years of hard work on the Harry Potter series.

Rowling and Warner Bros. claim RDR copied large portions of her books, while RDR is claiming "fair use." The lexicon, written by Steven Vander Ark, is an encyclopedia of characters, spells, places, objects and creatures from the best-selling Harry Potter books.

The books, which have been published in 64 languages, have sold more than 400 million copies. Five films spawned from the books have pulled in more than $4 billion at the box office.

View the Harry Potter Lexicon website HERE.

source: Bloomberg