IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF JUDICATURE
IN THE SUPREME COURT
ACCRA-GHANA
CORAM:
DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING)
DOTSE JSC
ANIN-YEBOAH JSC
ARYEETEY JSC
AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC
CIVIL APPEAL
NO: CA J4/17/2010
1ST JUNE, 2011
PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED
- - - DEFANDENT/APPELLANT
VRS
MORGAN ADZEI
- - - PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT
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JUDGMENT
DR. DATE-BAH JSC:
Introduction
This case is of seminal importance in determining the reach of copyright law in
Ghana.
The appellant has resisted the respondent’s claim of infringement of
copyright with several defences, but the one which has attracted my attention most
is that which asserts that the protection of copyright law does not extend to the facts
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