J.K. Rowling of plagiarism, was the work of other British children's writer Adrian Jacobs, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth book in the series of success for the boy wizard, said the defendant, and allowed the case to court.
the world's richest author Rowling, has denied the allegations that are part of the 1987 romance "The Adventures of Willy the Wizard - # 1 Pale country," Jacobs wrote in 1987.
Rowling was appointed in February allegations "not only unfounded, but absurd." Jacobs is dead, "poor" in a hospice in London in 1997, says his property.
A judge of the High Court in London, said in a statement Thursday that the statements of Paul Allen, trustees of the estate of Jacob "is now" unlikely ", but refused a request by lawyers for Rowling and Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury close the case, told Reuters.
The Messenger service is for a later meeting, possibly before the end of the year, Allen expects to pay a fee to be paid to the court as security against the cost of housing, since it goes to court.
Jacobs Well, 'he said, the plot of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, published in 2000, contains elements of Willy the Wizard, including the use of a competition magician, and his idea of Rowling participants traveled on trains .
The Harry Potter stories about a boy wizard British battle with his nemesis, the evil Voldemort, and dealing with students and teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rowling said last week, may be more Harry Potter books in the seven letters published.
young wizards and witches have distinguished themselves in literature and cinema. In 1990, the series "The Worst Witch represented students in a private school for wizards and magic and later a television series and a 1986 film with Fairuza Balk, Tim Curry y.
Rowling has sold more than 400 million books in 2003 when the British newspaper The Times, which are richer than the Queen Elizabeth II. He said that in 2008, Rowling no more than 4 million U.S. dollars during the week and is worth more than $ 880,000,000.
The film franchise inspired by Daniel Radcliffe and his amusement park, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.