The Trademark Tribunal sitting at the Trademark headquarters in Abuja on Thursday cancelled the registration and application of Domittila as a trademark by Anne Chioma Njemanze. In the ruling delivered by the Chief Registrar, Shafiu Adamu Yauri on Thursday, the tribunal said all the documents issued to Njemanze were issued by the Commission in error. The Federal Trademark Registry had fixed May 4 for a report of settlement in the dispute between actress Njemanze and veteran filmmaker, Zeb Ejiro over the rightful ownership of the ‘Domitilla’ brand.
The registry, a Commercial Law Department of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment gave the revocation order in a judgment delivered in a petition over the ownership of the brand.
Njemanze had long battled with veteran filmmaker Zeb Ejiro over the rightful ownership of “Domitilla”, a brand name for a movie shot and produced by Ejiro in 1996.