Harry Potter Lexicon Trial

Description: DECLARATION of Dale Cendali in Support re: 3 Order to Show Cause,,,,,,. Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A-1# 2 Exhibit A-2# 3 Exhibit A-3# 4 Exhibit B# 5 Exhibit C)(Cendali, Dale) (Entered: November 5, 2007)
Date Filed: November 5, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/7/
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis.
Layman's description: Dale Cendali is a lawyer for the plaintiffs. SVA/RDR planned a book based on the Lexicon websites; WB/JKR believes that infringes on their IP rights & demanded they C&D. Attachments (not available at the Justia website) show cover of book and whatnot, indicating trademark infringement.

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( Department of Redundancy Department. )

Description: DECLARATION of Diane Nelson in Support re: 3 Order to Show Cause,,,,,,. Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling. (Cendali, Dale) (Entered: November 5, 2007)
Date Filed: November 5, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/6/
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis.
Layman's description: Diane Nelson is president of Warner Premiere. They own the Harry Potter film rights and various trademarks attached thereto.

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( You can skip this one; it's just part of establishing who's allowed to sue whom. )

Description: DECLARATION of Neil Blair in Support re: 3 Order to Show Cause,,,,,,. Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling. (Cendali, Dale) (Entered: November 5, 2007)
Date Filed: November 5, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/5/
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis.
Layman's description: Blair is a laywer for Rowling's literary agency. She doesn't authorize other people to write Harry Potter books. Blair ran across an ad for the Lexicon book at PublishersMarketplace.com. He contacted SVA/RDR about it, and got told they "had been asked to leave all correspondence on this matter to others."

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( Does he really need to spend 5 of his 9 paragraphs saying that JKR wrote some books? )

Description: MEMORANDUM OF LAW in Support re: 3 Order to Show Cause,,,,,,. Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling. (Cendali, Dale) (Entered: November 5, 2007)
Date Filed: November 5, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/4/
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis.
Layman's description: "Please, Mr. Judge, make them not publish that nasty book until the trial is over, 'cos it's likely we're gonna win, and if we win and they publish it, we're hurtin' lots and lots, and if they win (which they won't) they haven't lost much at all."

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( This was 15 pages in PDF, so it's really long. I've removed page references in the table of contents. )

Description: RULE 7.1 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. Identifying Time Warner Cable Inc. as Corporate Parent. Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(jpo) (Entered: November 2, 2007)
Date Filed: October 31, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/2/
DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis. This is not a true-and-correct representation of anything related to the case. This is provided for entertainment purposes only. Not responsible for typos, html errors, ommissions, or misinterpretations. Read at your own risk. Hail Eris.
Layman's description: Of no interest to anyone who's not a lawyer. When the LOL translation of the trial is written, this doc will say "WE HAZ A CORPRAYSHUN." Says Warner Bros. is a real-and-legit corporation registered in the US yadda yadda.

( Don't bother clicking; this is entirely the most boring document in the whole trial. )

Description: COMPLAINT against RDR Books, Does. (Filing Fee $ 350.00, Receipt Number 631528)
Document filed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., J. K. Rowling.(jpo) (Entered: November 2, 2007)
Date Filed: October 31, 2007
Justia URL: http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/new-york/nysdce/1:2007cv09667/315790/1/

DISCLAIMER: IANAL. This is not legal advice or analysis. This is not a true-and-correct representation of anything related to the case. This is provided for entertainment purposes only. Not responsible for typos, html errors, ommissions, or misinterpretations. Read at your own risk. Hail Eris.
Layman's description: WB & JKR accuse RDR Books and various unnamed people of:

1. Copyright Infringement,
2. Federal Trademark Infringement,
3. Unfair Competition and False Designation of Origin,
4. False Advertising,
5. Deceptive Trade Practices,
6. ?? (yes, unknown. It skips from 5 to 7. *shrug* Must be a lawyer thing.)
7. Unfair Competition,
8. Declaratory Judgment re. Copyright Infringement (I gather this is weird legalese for "RDR can't sue WB/JKR for future movies that make use of facts that look like they came from the Lexicon.").

WB/JKR want a judge to declare the Lexicon breaks several laws, must not be printed/sold, and RDR needs to pay an unspecified swampload of money including WB/JKR's legal fees.

ACTUAL TEXT OF DOCUMENT: ( Very long document, with probably not enough formatting. )