The PNG Rugby Football League is yet to respond on how it had claimed ownership of a trademark it never really owned.
The PNGRFL was listed as the complainant in a major counterfeit case involving eight Chinese nationals.
After 12 months in the National Court, State lawyers withdrew the matter this month, after finding out that the trademark logo used on shirts sold in the shops of these Chinese wasn’t registered by the complainant.
Over 10,000 jerseys and polo shirts were confiscated by police last year.
PNGRFL told this newsroom that their lawyer is still going through Court files and the PNGRFL CEO, Sandis Tsaka, will respond once advised.
The case withdrawal was not only an embarrassment to the organisation but had wasted the Court’s time, as alluded by the presiding Judge.
(An example of the PNGRFL logo on the right. Picture: Asia Pacific Rugby League Confederation)