By Patrick Kagenda During the last quarter of 2013, the soft drinks industry underwent a major shake-up after Riham Cola and Azam Cola entered into the Uganda soft drinks market. While Riham (Hariss International) was dragged to the commercial court by Coca-Cola, over the use of the 300ml bottle and the contents in the bottle being an imitation of the Coca-Cola brand, Hariss International walked out of court scot free after it argued that no one had a monopoly of bottling a dark liquid in a clear bottle and that the names of the beverages were clearly different. This is exactly what happened in 2009 when Nile Breweries Limited…





