OM SATNAM LTD vs. EBENEZER APPIAH & ANOR [2018]DLHC6272

Date	2018-11-01
Suit No.	Suit No. CM/0123/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC6272

JENNIFER DODOO (MRS)

SOPHIA AMISSAH LARYEA FOR PLAINTIFF

STEPHEN K. DAPAA-ADDO FOR DEFENDANTS

[2018]DLHC6272
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OM SATNAM LTD<o:p></o:p>{PLAINTIFF}<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EBENEZER APPIAH &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>{DEFENDANTS}<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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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; &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: 1ST NOVEMBER 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:
<o:p></o:p>SOPHIA AMISSAH LARYEA FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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STEPHEN K. DAPAA-ADDO FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>JENNIFER DODOO (MRS) JUSTICE OF THE
HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff, a limited liability
company incorporated in Ghana stated that it was the registered proprietor of
Industrial Design Number AP/D/00149 which it used for the manufacture of insect
repellant/air fresheners.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It was its case that this
registration had been valid and subsisting since 2008. It was also Plaintiff’s
case that it had since 2007 manufactured and distributed/sold large quantities
of insect repellants/air fresheners and therefore the product had become well
known in Ghana. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff averred that the
Defendant trading under the names and styles Ansun Trading Enterprise and Appeb
Trading Enterprise had infringed the Plaintiff’s Industrial Design No.
AP/D/00149.&nbsp; It particularized the
infringement by accusing the Defendants of causing insect repellant/air
fresheners to be manufactured in the Plaintiff’s registered design without its
consent.&nbsp; In doing so, the Plaintiff
contended that Defendant had caused it to suffer loss and damage.&nbsp; As a result, the Plaintiff claimed against
the Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
Declaration that the Defendant has infringed the Plaintiff’s Industrial Design
No. AP/D/00149<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
injunction restraining the Defendant whether by himself, his servants or agents
or any of them or otherwise from howsoever from doing the following acts that
is to say infringing the Plaintiff’s Industrial Design no. AP/D/00149 by using
or causing same to be used to manufacture and import for marketing,
distribution and sale in Ghana, air freshener and insect repellant products or
any other products.<o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order directing the Defendant trading respectively as ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE
and APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE to deliver up to the Plaintiff or to any person or
entity as the Court may direct, all of&nbsp;
the infringing goods in the possession, custody, and control of the
Defendant trading respectively as ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE and APPEB TRADING
ENTERPRISE.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order as to directions for the disposal of the said infringing goods by
destruction.<o:p></o:p>v.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
inquiry as to the damages sustained by the Plaintiff OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE an
account of that part of the profits obtained by the Defendant trading
respectively as ANSUN TRADING ENTERPRISE and APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE to which
the Plaintiff is entitled.<o:p></o:p>vi.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for the payment by the Defendant trading respectively as ANSUN TRADING
ENTERPRISE and APPEB TRADING ENTERPRISE of all sums found due to the Plaintiff
upon taking suc</main>