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Warner Bros. Lose Case Against Hari Puttar

Source:BBC News
September 22, 2008


A few weeks ago, Warner Bros. had tried to put a stop to the release of the Bollywood comedy Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors about a 10-year-old Indian boy who moves to England, because of the title's similarity to their own blockbuster franchise, but BBC News has announced today that the court in Delhi has rejected the lawsuit, so the film will be released in India on Friday after being delayed for two weeks. The court decided that Warner Bros. should have brought up the case three years ago, and that moviegoers shouldn't have a problem differentiating "Hari Puttar" from "Harry Potter" (especially now that the latter movie has been delayed until next year, right?):

"The case has been dismissed. The court said that Warner Bros had known the title of the film since 2005 and had delayed bringing the case to court until the last moment," lawyer Pratibha Singh was quoted by news agency AFP as saying. The Delhi High Court also said that consumers who read the Harry Potter books, written by JK Rowling, were sufficiently educated to know that Hari Puttar was different, the agency quoted the lawyer as saying.

COMMENTS (31)

Posted by:
Khimarhi
September 23, 2008
Wonder if this lawsuit will get Hari Puttar more sales.
Posted by:
Ripper
September 23, 2008
ok...?
Posted by:
h-bomb
September 23, 2008
they must be trying to take out frustration from the Watchmen ordeal.
Posted by:
BEN HUR
September 23, 2008
damn right. the lawyers are killing everything right now
Posted by:
Spidey
September 23, 2008
haha, WB sucks.
Posted by:
joe asylo
September 23, 2008
1 for the little man.
Posted by:
Paul
September 23, 2008
Wow. WB ais infuriatingly stupid. Literally everything they've done recently has been some seriously moronic stuff. Including a complete reboot of Superman when all they had to do was let Bryan Singer do the kick ass sequel he was promising.
Posted by:
Jimmy S
September 23, 2008
WB are soooo dumb what a waste of time and money
Posted by:
JDSlater1
September 23, 2008
Yeah, sure the moviegoers COULD tell the difference between the 2 but out of all the names in the world the filmmakers could have picked they picked that name?!
Yeah, pure luck.
Posted by:
Is Fox paying attention?
September 23, 2008
I can't help but agree totally with their judgment. The only reason I can think of for them waiting until the very last minute is spite. They wait until the movie has been made, the money has been spent and it's in the can waiting to be shipped... then they voice their objection.
I really hope the judge that will be prosiding over the Watchmen case has noticed this... because I feel like the exact same thing has been done there! Why wait until the movie is 2 months away other than spite?

It makes me sick the way people treat each other these days...

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