Warner Bros trademarks other Harry Potter spin-off films

Warner Bros were quick to trademark Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them merchandise after JK Rowling announced she had written a screenplay for the Harry Potter spin-off book in September.

But the studio is now sparking rumours of more Potter films after trademarking the names Newt Scamander, the fictious author of the Fantastic Beasts textbook which has inspired the Rowling screenplay, and Tales Of Beedle The Bard, a book-within-a-book of wizarding fairy tales read by Potter and his classmates but written by Rowling in 2007.

Perhaps the more exciting trademark acquisition by the studio is Quidditch Through The Ages. In the first Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione gives Potter a copy of the non-fiction book ahead of his first Quidditch match. Rowling later wrote and published it. Warners Bros have also trademarked the Quiddich teams Wimbourne Wasps, Chudley Cannons and Kenmare Kestrels as well as the book's fictious author, Quidditch expert Kennilworthy Whisp.

All are trademarked for a variety of media, including live-action film, reality TV series, animated series and films and computer games. This gives weight to the claim made by the Studio's CEO Kevin Tsujihara that they would "build a film franchise" off the back of Fantastic Beasts.

The last film to be released in the Harry Potter franchise was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, which came out in 2011. Warner Bros have confirmed that Fantastic Beasts will "look and feel will very similar" to the Potter films, which have grossed nearly $3 billion worldwide.