Abhishek Banerjee, Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and Lok Sabha MP, has written to trademark authorities saying he was withdrawing his claim to the Biswa Bangla trademark. Roy, who recently joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, had alleged on Friday that the chief minister’s nephew had secured the Biswa Bangla trademark as its proprietor. Abhishek Banerjee, who staked claim to Biswa Bangla in November 2013, could not be immediately reached for comments. Abhishek Banerjee had made several applications claiming ownership of the Biswa Bangla trademark. Abhishek Banerjee was ahead of the MSME department’s application for registration of the Biswa Bangla trademark.

Source: Mint November 14, 2017 18:11 UTC