Ghanaian media personality and CEO of Office and Co, Serwaa Amihere has issued an apology to the Action Worship Center after previously accusing their choristers of stealing her design.

She acknowledged that upon closer examination of the "design in question" and a better understanding of the intellectual property processes, she recognized her mistake.

In a statement of apology released on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, Serwaa Amihere expressed her commitment to establishing mechanisms to prevent such violations in the future. This apology likely stems from a previous dispute over intellectual property rights and design issues.

"We feel obliged to apologize to the Action Worship Center for the embarrassment that our claim has caused to them. We wish to reassure our esteemed customers of our deep commitment to offering a superior quality and style option of globally competitive women's office clothing and accessories.

“Our claim to the IP rights in the Celine dress is insufficient. This resulted from a gap that we have identified in our internal IP assurance procedures. We have since taken decisive steps to improve our mechanism for avoiding IP violations. To affirm our commitment to respecting IP rights, we have by this publication recalling the Celine dress."

Background

Serwaa Amihere publicly criticized some choristers from the Action Worship Center, alleging that she had observed them wearing clothing with designs she believed were her own. As the CEO of the 'Office and Co' clothing store, she expressed her dissatisfaction with what she deemed "pure wickedness." This incident prompted reactions from various individuals on social media, likely leading to a broader conversation about intellectual property rights and design attribution.

“This is my intellectual property Action Worship Center. Your choristers stole my design. Something I am selling. That is wickedness. Pure wickedness,” Serwaa Amihere earlier fumed on her X page.

This led to some online detectives digging up images of the original design, which was owned by Pinterest.

View the post below