O. M. SATNAM LIMITED EBENEZER APPIAH (TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE) AND EBENEZER APPIAH (TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE) [2016]DLHC17353

O. M. SATNAM LIMITED EBENEZER APPIAH (TRADING UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF ANSUN... [2016]DLHC17353

Date	2016-04-14
Suit No.	Suit No. CM/0123/16
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC17353

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

SOPHIA AMISSAH LARYEA

PAULINE ARYIKU

[2016]DLHC17353
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk154138250"></a><a name="_Hlk152146143">O. M. SATNAM LIMITED<o:p></o:p></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>EBENEZER APPIAH (TRADING
UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE OF ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE) AND<o:p></o:p>EBENEZER APPIAH (TRADING
UNDER THE NAME AND STYLE APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">&nbsp;<div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">Suit No. CM/0123/16&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 14TH APRIL 2016<o:p></o:p>

SOPHIA AMISSAH LARYEA FOR APPLICANT<o:p></o:p>

PAULINE ARYIKU FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM
<o:p></o:p>JENNIFER
DODOO (MRS)<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in">RULING<o:p></o:p>

</div>This is an application on notice by
the Plaintiff/Applicant (Applicant) for an Order of Interlocutory Injunction to
issue against the Defendants/Respondents (Respondents) trading in the name and
style of ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE AND APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE whether by
themselves, their officers, servants or agents or any of them to restrain them
from marketing, distributing, selling or offering for sale, supplying or
offering to supply the insect repellant/air freshner that the Defendant has
manufactured using the Plaintiff’s industrial design No. AP/D//00149 and
imported into Ghana.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Applicant also prayed the court to
order the Defendants whether by themselves or by their officers, servants or
agents or any of them to deliver up inot the custody of such person as&nbsp; this court may specify, all the cartons of
insect repellant/air refreshner the Defendant has manufactured using the
Plaintiff’s industrial design. <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Respondents have opposed the
application stating that they had since they had been advised by Counsel, they
had ceased to market, distribute or sell the air refreshner/insect repellant.&nbsp; There was also an issue about the number of
cartons imported.&nbsp; Whilst the Applicant
stated there were 1400, the Respondents said the number was 800.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Applicant has attached a statement
of case to its application. The Respondent did not file a statement of case.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The issue is whether or not the
instant application should be upheld?<o:p></o:p>The application is being made pursuant
to Order 25 of the Civil Procedure Rules, 2004 CI 47.<o:p></o:p>It is provided for in Order 25 r 1 as
follows:<o:p></o:p>(1)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Court may grant an injunction by an interlocutory
order in all cases in which it appears to the Court to be just or convenient to
do so, and the order may be made either unconditionally or upon such terms and
conditions as the Court considers just.<o:p></o:p>In Halsbury’s Laws of England Vol. 24
4th edition paragraph 819 at page 429 it is stated that: <o:p></o:p>“the words just and convenient in the
statutory provision do not mean that the court can grant an injunction simply because
it thinks it convenient but mean that it should grant an injunction for the
protection of the rights or the prevention of injury according to legal
principles.&nbsp; They confer neither
arbitrary nor unregulated discretion on the court, and do not authorize it to</main>