Court orders firm to stop production of beverage in copied bottle design

An Abuja Federal High Court has halted the accumulation of an vigor portion successful a copied vessel plan that is the taxable of a copyright dispute. 

The tribunal presided by Justice Binta Nyako, ordered Mamuda Beverages Nigeria Limited to halt producing its Pop Power Energy Drink successful a copied vessel plan connected the grounds that it infringes connected the trademark of Fearless Energy Drink, a marque of Rite Foods Limited.

The tribunal successful its ruling refused a preliminary objection filed by Mamuda Beverages successful Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/705/2025. 

Mamuda Beverages successful its preliminary bjection had challenged the suit connected the ground of maltreatment of tribunal process, arguing that Rite Foods’ ailment of infringement of its intelligence spot is antithetic from an earlier suit betwixt the parties, wherein Rite Foods had complained astir a antithetic enactment of infringement. 

Ruling connected the matter, the tribunal held that Mamuda Beverages’ caller vessel plan inactive bears a striking resemblance to Rite Foods’ Fearless Energy Drink product. 

The court, arsenic a effect granted an bid restraining further accumulation of the Pop Power Energy Drink ...