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SMITHLINK BEECHAM & ANOR
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PREX LIMITED

(2012) JELR 35015 (CA)

Court of Appeal 4 Apr 2012 Nigeria
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- Plaintiff (1st Respondent) instituted an action at the Federal High Court, Abuja, claiming copyright infringement regarding the television game programme "GELETE" and sought an injunction, damages of N25,000,000 or an account of profits,

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Suit Number:CA/L/217/2005
Judges:HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JOHN INYANG OKORO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria SIDI DAUDA BAGE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:T. OLOBOR & O. OLORUMBE For Appellant A. O. OLUFOR with O. OYEKAN For Respondent

SIDI DAUDA BAGE, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Okeke J, sitting at the Federal High Court in Abuja, delivered on 27th September 2002.

The facts that led to this appeal are as follows:

The 1st Respondent as plaintiff filed this suit seeking in the main a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants from producing, reproducing, adapting, broadcasting and or transmitting in any medium the ''GELETE'' Television Game programmes, damages for the infringement of the copyright to the said ''GELETE'' on the footing of the general damages in the sum of N25,000,000.00 (Twenty-five Million Naira) and in the alternative an account of the profit made by the defendants from the said infringement and payment of the amount found to be due on the taking of such account and costs of the action.

At the conclusion of evidence by all parties written addresses were ordered and adopted by the parties on the 30th of May 2001, judgment was later delivere…

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