Updated On: 08 May, 2016 12:20 PM IST | | Mitali Parekh
<p>Fashion designers are routinely shocked and troubled by copies, but rarely take legal action. Why?</p>

Recently, Kolkata-based designer Paromita Banerjee had a rude shock. Her hand-drawn motif, taken from her 2015 Autumn/Winter collection, was spotted on a kurta bought from a well-known mid-level Indian wear label. Just one month ago at the Lake Fashion Week, a lady had come in wearing what Banerjee thought was one of her kurtas, but it turned out to be a piece from a department store with branches across the country.
