Forexyard is reporting that Bloomsbury, the United Kingdom publishers of the Harry Potter novels, are currently under investigation by the estate of a late author, Adrian Jacobs.
The estate claims that Bloomsbury and J.K. Rowling took storylines from Jacobs's books, specifically in reference to the tasks Harry has to complete in the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire novel.
"Both Willy and Harry are required to work out the exact nature of the main task of the contest which they both achieve in a bathroom assisted by clues from helpers, in order to discover how to rescue human hostages imprisoned by a community of half-human, half-animal fantasy creatures," the estate statement said.
In its response, Bloomsbury said Rowling "had never heard of Adrian Jacobs nor seen, read or heard of his book Willy the Wizard until this claim was first made in 2004, almost seven years after the publication of the first book in the highly publicised Harry Potter series.
"Willy the Wizard is a very insubstantial booklet running to 36 pages which had very limited distribution. The central character of Willy the Wizard is not a young wizard and the book does not revolve around a wizard school."
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