Besides, all imitation related claims were expelled by the Court of Appeal judge. It was held that the procedure of precisely setting marks was indeed, a built up procedure and ordinarily rehearses at the Portland Cement Zambia. It was likewise discovered that basic individual from the Ventriglias family, Claudio Ventriglia, occupied with comparable practice while experiencing business contract as for the Portland Cement Zambia manufacturing plant. Therefore, all imitation related claims have been expelled.
While giving this judgment, Justice Mwinde from the Court of Appeal likewise said that the judge underneath him wasn't right in pronouncing Ventriglias as just investors of the Zambezi Portland Cement as this choice was one-sided and with no evidentiary verification. By giving this choice at the Court of Appeal, the judge adequately turned around the judgment from the Lusaka High Court judge.