Popular Ghanaian musician Tic Tac,
has sued one of the largest retail shops in Ghana, Melcom, demanding a
whooping GHC500,000 in damages for breach of contract.
According
to the hip life musician, although a two-year brand ambassadorial
contract he signed with Melcom expired five years ago, the company is
still using his image on some of its billboards across the country.
Per
court documents filed on Thursday July 28, the artiste claims he lost a
similar promotional contract due to Melcom’s failure to remove his
images on the said billboards after the expiration of the contract in
2011.
The Philomena hit-maker and Melcom entered into a
promotional contract on May 22, 2009 where the latter was permitted to
use the images, voice and personal appearance of the musician for
advertising and promotional purposes for two years.
Per the said
contract, the artiste was barred from allowing Melcom’s competitors to
use his image and voice on any advertisement or even appear on their
shows. The said contract ended on May 31, 2011 and Melcom had a grace
period of six months to have removed all adverts and promotional
billboards which featured the musician.
But
the musician claims in his documents filed at the Accra High Court that
Melcom still have some billboards mounted at Tema Roundabout, Tema main
harbour road at a popular food joint, Agba Maame at Tema Community
three, among other areas in the country .
According to documents
the artiste, “sighted his images on the defendant’s [Melcom] billboard
on May 24, 2016 and took snapshots, recorded same at the locations
indicated” his statement of claim.
He consequently caused his
counsel, Gary Nimako, to write to Melcom to notify them to remove the
said images, and also compensate the artiste for the continuous use of
his images on the said billboards. According to the artiste, Melcom in
its response, admitted “it had totally escaped their attention” but they
refused to pay any compensation; something that triggered the instant
suit.
Aside the damages, a declaration that the continuous use of
his images on Melcom’s billboard in the absence of a valid contract ,
violates the express terms of the contract executed on May 21, 2009.
He
is also praying the court for an order directed at Melcom to remove his
images from any of their billboards across the country forthwith. |
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Source: Ghlinks.net |
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