Firm loses design battle, ordered to drop disputed label

The Administrative Panel Division of the Patents and Designs Registry in Abuja has ruled that Jigsimur Plus Nigeria Limited must alter its industrial design and stop producing or selling products bearing the disputed "Jigsimur Label Bottle Design." The panel ordered the company to remove the name "JIGSIMUR" from Industrial Design Number NG/DS/NT/O/2025/4804.

This decision followed a petition filed by Jigsimur SA Pty Ltd and Cleansimure International Ltd, who claimed that Jigsimur Plus lacked the authority to register the disputed design in Nigeria, as it was formerly an agent and sales representative of Jigsimur SA Pty Ltd. The petitioners also alleged that the registration was made in bad faith and constituted a misrepresentation of proprietorship and a breach of trademark and industrial design principles.

The respondent, however, denied these allegations and maintained that it had been lawfully appointed as the Nigerian representative of Jigsimur SA Original Pty.

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