LOS ANGELES — The battle between Willy the Wizard and Harry Potter has moved to U.S. shores.
The estate of Adrian Jacobs, who authored the 1987 book "The Adventures of Willy the Wizard," has filed a lawsuit in New York district court against Scholastic Inc., publisher of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire." The lawsuit claims that J.K. Rowling misappropriated copyrighted elements from Jacobs' book.
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