Judge in JK Rowling copyright trial brands Harry Potter 'gibberish'

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:39 PM EDT

Article Source: Telegraph

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J K Rowling, whose Harry Potter books have been under scrutiny in a copyright trial in New York, experienced an unexpected setback when the judge hearing the case said that the names of her characters and places sounded like gibberish.

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