point by point analysis of the Stouffer articles

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 14433

Heidi:"A Pennsylvania resident, Ms Stouffer filed her lawsuit last 
March in the District Court in Philadelphia. The suit names JK Rowling 
and Scholastic Inc, the US publisher of the Harry Potter books.>>
The Pennsylvania case was dismissed last year on various legal 
grounds. There is, at present, no suit in Pennyslvania between 
Stouffer and anyone relating to the Rowlling books, unless it's been 
reinstituted without coming to my attention (possible, not probable, 
since Stouffer would likely get all publicity-happy about it). "

I suspect that moving the case to the Southern District was a blow to 
Ms. Stouffer, because I would be inclined to think that that 
court, located in NYC as it is, would be very sophisticated about 
copyright and intellectual property issues.  Ms. Stouffer doesn't want 
anybody who knows copyright law looking at this turkey.