COURTROOM NEWS 28/12/2022
Aokete Electronics, Others Ask Court To Lift Restraining Order On Use Of Trademark
Aokete Lighting Electronics Industry Ltd, Mega Benjamin & Eric Nig. Ltd, Chen Xiao Ming, He Lian Chan, Gaoxi Ong, and Elochuksu Aganama have asked the Federal High Court, FCT, to lift its order restraining them from using the AKT trademark.
A letter addressed to the Deputy Registrar, Federal High Court 2, Abuja, FCT, by counsel to Aokete Electronics and others, M. I. Dikko and Associates, made an “Application for a date for hearing on the motion to set aside and stay of execution of the order granted on the 8th December 2022 which motion was filed on 12 December 2022.
“We act as Counsel to the Defendants/Applicants in the above-named suit wherein His Lordship granted an Order on the 8h of December 2022 whereby in the Order my lordship expressly indicated that the Defendants/Applicant are at liberty to apply to set aside the Order. Kindly find attached the Enrolled Order as Annexure A.
“We have filed on behalf of Defendants/Applicants a Motion to set aside the said Order which carries a prayer for Stay of Execution of the said Order. Kindly find attached as Annexure B, the Motion to set aside and for Stay of Execution
“We hereby humbly apply for a date for the hearing of the said Motion to set aside and for Stay of Execution. Importantly, the Plaintiffs/Respondents have been served with the Application.”
It would be recalled that Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court had restrained defendants from manufacturing, importing, distributing, and advertising for the sale, products or goods bearing the words D & B AKT “AKT” pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by Nigrshine Industry Ltd and Ugochukwu Madumere against them.
However, speaking on the suit, an official of Aokete Lighting Electronics Industry Ltd said that the suit was “filed with malicious intent to disrupt and destroy the operations of his company.
He accused the defendants of faking the products of his company and flooding the Nigerian market with fake products.
