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News Source: BDNews24
| about 1 year ago
The Delhi High Court has cleared a Bollywood film accused of plagiarising the `Harry Potter' brand, saying viewers would not confuse the international film and book series with "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors". Dismissing the plea against the Hindi-...
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News Source: Tech Dirt
| about 1 year ago
Well, it would appear that Warner Bros. didn't have any wizardry on its side this time around, as a court rejected the studio's complaint allowing Hari Puttar to be released as planned this Friday. A big part of the rejection was the fact that Warner...
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News Source: The Guardian
| about 1 year ago
arner Bros has lost its court bid to stop the film Hari Puttar being released in India on the basis that its title is too similar to the studio's Harry Potter series. A New Delhi high court judge yesterday ruled that Warner should have brought the...
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News Source: Taiwan News
| about 1 year ago
A Bollywood comedy called "Hari Puttar" was set to premiere in Mumbai later yesterday after winning a legal battle against U.S. studio Warner Bros over its title. Warner Bros, the entertainment giant which owns the rights to the blockbuster "Harry...
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News Source: Gawker
| about 1 year ago
There was a time when third world countries would rip off any Western product they wanted to. Because how much time were US companies really willing to invest wading through dusty Asian market stalls looking for bootlegs of their precious brand names?
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News Source: Belleville News-Democrat
| about 1 year ago
Make way for Hari Puttar. "Hari Puttar" is set to hit cinema screens this week after an Indian court rejected a Warner Bros. lawsuit claiming the name was too close to its Harry Potter series...The producers, Mirchi Movies, said the Puttar movie bore...
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News Source: Times of India
| about 1 year ago
The soon-to-be released children's film Hari Puttar: A comedy of Terrors, which was sued by the makers of the Harry Potter series for allegedly using a similar name, on Monday got the green signal from the Delhi high court for its release. Warner...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times
| about 1 year ago
Goliath win for the little guy, Mirchi Movies , the makers of the Bollywood film " Hari Puttar ," stood up to Warner Bros. and, in what turns out to be a last-second ruling, will be allowed to release the film this Friday (Sept. 26) in India. The...
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News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
Beyond all the headlines on Darfur – hundred of thousands dead, millions displaced, militias terrorising civilians, African Union peacekeepers deployed (or not), United Nations mandates – here is the story of one man: Daoud Hari, from the Zaghawa...
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News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| about 1 year ago
The Delhi High Court on Monday gave the green signal for the release of Bollywood film 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' which had run into a controversy over allegations that its name was similar to the Warner Bros' Harry Potter. Justice Reva...