Scholastic, Inc. v. Stouffer Copyrights Trademarks Scholastic, Inc. v.
Defendant is a citizen and resident of Pennsylvania.
Plaintiff is the publisher and distributor of the Harry Potter books. Defendant is an author of a series of books based on characters named Muggles. The defendant asserts that the Muggles characters have been used in the Harry Potter books, and is therefore infringing her copyright and trademark rights in the books. The Plaintiff brought a declaratory judgment action, seeking a declaration that they had not infringed Defendants copyrights or trademarks. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction or in the alternative to transfer the action.