 Since first coming to wide notice in the late 1990s , the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling has engendered a number of legal disputes . Rowling , her various publishers and Time Warner , the owner of the rights to the Harry Potter films , have taken numerous legal actions to protect their copyrights , and also have fielded accusations of plagiarism and copyrights infringement from various individuals.
A number of legal actions have been filed in the United States and the United Kingdom . A number of legal actions have been filed in the United States and the United Kingdom .
The Harry Potter book series has been translated into