Interesting tidbit about future book titles

[mellienel2 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25224

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> 
> I believe that they are trademarked by Time Warner.
> 

ah, so they were. an interesting coinkydink, no?

m.


> 
> --Suzanne
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., mellienel2 at y... wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> > > I found this at http://www.hpgalleries.com:
> > > 
> > > Reader Michael Beckett has stumbled upon some very 
> > interesting 
> > > information in the UK. It seems Time Warner has been 
> > registering 
> > > trademarks for Harry Potter and in the process, registered 
> > what 
> > > appear to be new book titles. If you go to the UK Patent 
Office's 
> > > trademark search and type in "Harry Potter" you will come 
up 
> > with 3 
> > > very interesting marks - Harry Potter and the Alchemist's 
Cell, 
> > Harry 
> > > Potter and the Pyramids of Furmat, and Harry Potter and 
the 
> > Chariots 
> > > of Light. Ironically, these were all registered 4/26/2000 - 
J.K. 
> > > Rowling didn't let the title of her next book, "Order of the 
> > Phoenix" 
> > > slip until last October. So were these just a ruse to throw 
fans 
> > off 
> > > track? Or will two of these titles be used for books 6 and 7 
? 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > This info was on another list -- HogwartsAdultSchool -- on 
April 
> > 20, 2001. I thought it was a silly rumor then, for I couldn't find 
> the 
> > source it quoted and it seemed so frivolous. But those 
names 
> > were trademarked on April 26. Either someone saw those 
> > names and tm'd them quickly (perhaps the old domain-
stealing 
> > game), the rumor started because of the trademark, or it's a 
very 
> > suspicious set of coincidences.
> > 
> > m.