Talk:Nancy Stouffer

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, who sued Warner, Scholastic and J. K. Rowling for trademark infringemnt over the latter's use of the term Muggles in her Harry Potter books

Needs a description of the story. I'm sure most of us have heard of the book because of the court case against J. K. Rowling, but has anyone actually READ it?

That was added from the page. Ilyanep

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Everything above and on the article page is now incorporated with Nancy Stouffer. The lawsuit was about more than just this one book of Stouffer's, and there wasn't much left about the book itself, so I made it into a redirect. -- Toby Bartels 01:01, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

Any idea which year Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly was written/published ? Jay 14:04, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

However, the Appeals Court found for Rowling again. - What does this mean ? Is the phrase "found for" a normal English phrase or is it legal jargon ? Jay 14:04, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I think you'll find it's a fairly normal synonym for "ruled in favour of"; yes, it is legal jargon, but it's in the context of a legal judgement so it's an appropriate term. HTH HAND --Phil | Talk 14:44, Jul 26, 2004 (UTC)

I think it's being incredibly generous to say she's most famous for writing The Legend Of Rah And The Muggles and Larry Potter And His Best Friend Lilly. According to the US District Court Descion neither were sold anywhere. She's most famous for the lawsuit involving JK Rowling if anything.

"Stouffer went so far as to point out that (as is true) J. K. Rowling is a pen name adopted for the series, which she points out more like her own N. K. Stouffer writing moniker, asserting that this is also intentional." Could someone please clarify this? (J.K. Rowling is not Joanne Rowling's "pen name", by the way, any more than "C.S. Lewis" is Clive Staples Lewis's "pen name".) Cactus Wren 21:35, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

According to the article Rowling adopted the K which is not part of her actual name, hence J.K. Rowling counts as a pen-name. Also since there is no remaining citation, I've removed the part talking about Stouffer's apparent other claims (about "Great hall" etc) about copywright infringement.Tp4cccc 23:38, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Her earlier website..

On her version of her website of realmuggles.com she had a $100.00 reward for anyone that had a first edition of her "Legend of Rah....." .

While this Harry Potter/Larry Potter controversy was going on, I checked with a local book dealer that also works on getting out-of-print books, etc.

He told me this (and many rare book dealers agree), "When a big controversy like this on earlier printed books hits the news, these so-called earlier printed books will now suddenly become sought after collector items by book collectors...So far I could not find any evidence that such a 1984 edition ever was printed or even existed....He also had problems with her $100.00 REWARD for a first edition. Usually, when a author has a book printed the publisher will send the author a few hundred copies that she/him can give to relatives and friends. I am sure she could have gotten a copy of a first edition from a friend or relative without a $100.00 REWARD offer, that is if such a book had ever existed in the 1980s."

He concluded he could not find any such book by Nancy Stouffer had ever existed in the 1980s. He doubt that such a book was ever printed or done. _______________________________________________________________________

i merged merger. Smith Jones 15:16, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are we sure she exists?

Seems like a no-brainer, but is there any proof that this is a living breathing human being and not an elaborate practical joke? Birthdate? Hometown? Anybody can come up with the term "muggles" but this "Larry Potter" stuff makes me think we're being taken for a ride. A beloved children's author who has been around for 30 years writes two children's books that nobody has heard of, suddenly springs up to sue a newer author. She doctors evidence and is a no-show at court dates. I smell a rat. 24.228.54.78 15:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Rahmuggles.jpg

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[edit] Merge with Legal disputes over the Harry Potter series

Does this woman still deserve her own article? Most of the material here is unsourced, including the plot of the book, and can be dispensed with. Whatever's left can be merged with the above article. Serendipodous 12:27, 1 July 2007 (UTC)