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Jens Frank wrote: | A new user registered a few days ago using the name "Harry Potter". | Warner Bros and JK Rowling have a trademark registered for this | name. | | On the new users talk page ( http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk%3AHarry_Potter ), | MammaBaer posted some concerns about the user name and its legal | status. I'm not experienced in trademark law, so I post this to | the list. | | Is the use of a trademarked name as a username problematic? | | Best regards, | | JeLuF
Why are you assuming that th new user's real name is not Harold Potter?
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