Court adjourns Rite Foods, NBC trademark infringement to Nov 15

A Federal High Court, Lagos, has adjourned the trademark infringement case between Rite Foods and Nigerian Bottling Company’s (NBC) to November 15.

On the adjourned date, the court would hear NBC’s application, to repeal contempt and committal to prison applications filed against its Managing Director (MD), Mathieu Seguin, by the Rite Foods Limited, over alleged trademark infringement.

Counsel to Rite Foods, Muyiwa Ogungbenro, had dragged NBC and its MD, Mr. Seguin, before the court, in a suit marked FHC/L/CS/528/2021, for the conflict.

Rite Foods had, on February 9, 2021, through an ex parte application marked FHC/L/CS/92/2021, asked the court for an order restraining NBC from further promoting its Predator Energy drink in the Nigerian market with its “logo”, the application which was granted by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.

However, NBC counsel, Mr. Oluseye Opasanya (SAN) filed an application challenging the exparte order, and a motion to set aside the proceedings.

At the resumed proceedings, Opasanya (SAN), told the court that he had an application dated October 18 and filed on October 21, 2021, seeking to quash the contempt charge against his client.