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Potter author accused of plagiarism
JK Rowling has been named in a lawsuit claiming she stole ideas for her wildly popular and lucrative Harry Potter books from another British author.
The estate of the late Adrian Jacobs added Rowling as a defendant in a lawsuit it filed in June against Bloomsbury Publishing for alleged copyright infringement, according to a statement by the estate's representatives, who are based in Australia.
The lawsuit, filed in a London court, claims Edinburgh-based Rowling's book Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire copied substantial parts of Jacobs' 1987 book, The Adventures Of Willy The Wizard - No 1 Livid Land.
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