Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail 478 An Accra Fast Track High Court has on Thursday granted an ex parte application brought against owner of Aphrodisiac Night Club, Confidence Haugen to stop using a logo she is currently using for her Konfidence fashion line. In September 2012, Confidence launched her fashion line which is made up shoes, bags and accessories. The court, presided over by Justice Cecilia H Sowah, placed a restraining order after Ghanaian designer Makeba Boateng, who owns Keba Clothing, sued her for infringing on her intellectual property rights having created and actively used and popularized the logo since 2002. The court ordered the cessation of the use of her “K” with a butterfly logo for the Konfidence Fashion Limited and its products. More Articles You Would Love Africans Really Are Guinea Pigs; West Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Testing In South Africa As Racist French Doctors Suggested Hot Shots: Kate Menson Flown To The Caribbean For Fabulous Passionista Shoot According to the court, Makeba has been duly acknowledged by the Registrar General’s Department as being first-in-time to initiate the process to register the logo under the country’s trade mark laws. Makeba popularly known together with her clothing line logo in the industry as Keba, according to her lawyers, personally alerted Confidence when the defendant sought advice from her in July 2011 about how to go about the clothing business. Her lawyers said, Makeba revealed to the former Big Brother Africa housemate that the logo she intended to use was hers but Confidence did not seem to have taken the advice and has gone as far as to alter the C in her name to K just to infringe her intellectual property rights in the logo. Lawyer Samson Lardy Ayenini who argued the application on behalf of his senior Charles Zwennes told the court that the action of the defendant was deliberate and intended to unlawfully supplant the goodwill Keba has enjoyed in the industry and confuse the public. The court granted the order which means from now Confidence is prevented from using the logo for any business until she appears in court to justify why she must be allowed to use it, pending the final determination of the suit. A bailiff is expected to serve Confidence with the order and she has within 21 days to respond. Source: Ernest Dela Aglanu confidenceconfidence haugencourtkeba clothingKonfidencelogomakebasued Share FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinWhatsappTelegramEmail Nana Tamakloe Founder of FashionGHANA.com and Accra Fashion Week. I'm grateful you visited, I hope you share, subscribe and share your comments or opinions below. More For You Vlisco Ghana Unveils ‘Eclectic Cool’ Collection & Naa Ashokor As Brand Influencer With... #BeautyOfTheWeek: Proud Jamaican Influencer Anthena, Scoops Our BOTW of the Week With Her... Fashion Week Organizers from Across Africa Assemble in Ethiopia to Forge A Cohesive... Leading Ghanaian Menswear Brand ‘Kustom Looks’ Takes Over ‘All Africa Games 2023’ With... #OOTD: Berla Mundi Serves Haute Couture As She Shakes The Net With A... VIDEO: Arisar (Barbados) @ Accra Fashion Week 2023 VIDEO: Wig Wearing Black Mom Hospitalized With Horrific Skin Reaction & Illness After... A Detailed Insight Into Ethiopia’s TechStitched Fashion Program & The Participating Fashion Weeks... Cornrows With Cowry Shells: A Red Carpet Show Stopper & A Modern Twist... PICS: To Much Glamour; Check Out Bonang Matheba, Swanky & More At The... 5 comments Kobena TopBoy Benson May 23, 2013 - 4:08 pm This is stupid. instead of these people coming togther dey are fighing over a simple logo. Thats why Africa is not moving forward. Log in to Reply Alieu Barry May 23, 2013 - 4:15 pm You say its stupid, sombody worked hard to do something they another person steals it. This is actually an improvement for Africa. It will teach others to respect peoples creations. Log in to Reply Naija Swag May 23, 2013 - 4:10 pm This is the sexy woman from Big Brother Africa. Log in to Reply Sandra A May 23, 2013 - 4:33 pm Who is Makeba and where can we see Kaba clothing, Ive never heard of her Log in to Reply Api May 23, 2013 - 5:17 pm Is this story true?? The logo is still on Konfidence’s facebook page. lol Log in to Reply Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.