New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on Hollywood production house Warner Bros' plea seeking to restrain the release of Bollywood film Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors for allegedly using a title similar to Harry Potter.
Warner Bros, the owner of Harry Potter trademark, sought the court's intervention to restrain the producer of the film, from releasing the movie under its present title.
Warner Bros submitted before the bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal that title of the film is identical and deceptively similar to popular trademark Harry Potter.
Contending that it would create confusion amongst viewers, senior advocate Sudhir Chandra, counsel for Warner Bros, said producers of the film are deliberately creating confusion to gain big commercial advantage.
Chandra said the producers intentionally chose the title Hari Puttar..., which sounds phonetically and structurally similar to popular trademark Harry Potter.
However, producer of the film, Mirchi Movies Limited, the entertainment arm of Times group, refuted the allegations that their film's title is in any way similar to Harry Potter because it is based on an original literary work having no resemblance of Potter.
The title Hari Puttar
Warner Bros also rejected suggestions of the producer that the present title could be retained with a disclaimer that it has no connection with Harry Potter.
The movie is scheduled for release globally both in Hindi and English on September 12.
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