Next level: Rex Institute breaks silence, threatens to drag APC to court over alleged ‘stolen’ logo

Rex Institute has threatened a court action against the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC, for allegedly plagiarizing its Logo.

This was contained in a letter dated November 19 2018 and addressed to
the National Legal Adviser at 40 Blantyre Cres. Wuse 2 Abuja Nigeria.

Few hours after the launch of its campaign plans for the 2019
presidential election, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan, Reno Omokri, came up with a claim that President Muhammadu
Buhari and his campaign organization "stole" the logo from a thesis
authored by Kelly Costner, an Associate Professor of Winthrop
University in South Carolina, USA.

The report has since generated a lot of controversies and the
Institute has now threatened to drag the ruling party to court.

The letter reads, "Dear Sir Without prejudice, it has come to our
attention that the All Progressives Congress Party of Nigeria has
stolen the intellectual property right of our client, The Rex
Institute.

"As you can see from the attached visuals, the logo your Party has
just unveiled and which is being promoted by the Leader of the Party
and the President of Nigeria on his Twitter feed is a direct copy of
that of our client, with just a small colour change in the arrow.

"However, every other element from the name, font and design is
identical. In fact, in my entire legal career, I have never seen such
a blatant piece of plagiarism.

"We, therefore, demand that you immediately cease and desist in any
use of the logo and make every effort to recall and destroy all
materials which have already been disseminated.

"Failure to do so within 7 days will leave our client with no other
option but to seek full legal redress via the Nigerian Courts. I look
forward to your immediate reply. Yours faithfully Sue Lavache Attorney
at Law."