[HPforGrownups] Rumours denied - the next books

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No: HPFGUIDX 45635



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felicia Rickmann [mailto:feliciarickmann at dsl.pipex.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 1:30 PM
> To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Rumours denied - the next books
> 
> 
> Real-To:  "Felicia Rickmann" <feliciarickmann at dsl.pipex.com>
> 
> "The titles Harry Potter and the Alchemist's Cell, Harry Potter and 
> the Chariots of Light and Harry Potter and the Pyramids of Furmat 
> were registered with the UK Patent Office's Trademark Database in 
> April 2000. "
> 
> It would be interesting to incorporate the above quote with current 
> titles.  Warner's denials aside, of course.

: puts on trademark attorney hat

: takes hat off, replaces same with Leaky Cauldron Editor Hat

These applications were filed in April of 2000, before the title for
Goblet of Fire was even finalized. They vested to registration in 2001.
We've known about this for coming on three years, and I can't see how
any comments from WB or anyone else at this point have any relevance to
anything. I don't know why this is news, except that perhaps some idiot
at The Scotsman finally discovered the trademark search capabilities of
the UK Patent & Trademark Office. We at The Leaky Cauldron reported on
this back in August, 2001.

Furthermore, the BBC has debunked the musings of the various British
papers (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2345429.stm) and quotes
Very Nice Guy Neil Blair, in JKR's agent's office, as saying "There is
absolutely no truth in the story that either there is going to be an
eighth book in the series or that these titles are genuine title for the
sixth and seventh books." 

Luckily, the brilliant BBC also noted that fan sites (including TLC)
have known about this for years.