Ugo Monye, a popular Nigerian designer, has threatened legal actions over the alleged use of his company’s registered design in 2021 Paramount pictures film, ‘Coming 2 America’.
Taking to his Instagram page, the designer revealed that the popular ‘Reale Design’ owned by his design company was reproduced in the film without proper authorization.
“It has come to our attention that our Registered Reale Design was reproduced and featured in the movie, ‘Coming 2 America’ (the “Movie”) without UML’s authorisation. The producers – Paramount Pictures, New Republic Productions, Eddie Murphy Productions and Misher Film Productions- through the costume designer of the movie, Ruth E. Carter, commissioned some tailors/designers in Nigeria to design and produce some costumes for the Movie that are an infringement of UML’s design,” an excerpt of the notice reads.
The notice clarified that actions will be taken against the film’s producers if not properly addressed.
Coming 2 America is a 2021 American comedy film that serves as a sequel to the 1988 film Coming to America starring Eddie Murphy.
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