Commercial Court Division
THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE HIGH COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION)
HCT - 00 - CC - CS - 373 - 2010
OBSESSIONS COMPANY LTD ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PLAINTIFF
VERSUS
WARID TELECOM (UGANDA) LIMITED :::::::::::::::::::::: DEFENDANT
AND
DMARK COMPANY LIMITED :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: THIRD PARTY
BEFORE: THE HON. JUSTICE DAVID WANGUTUSI
JUDGMENT:
Obsessions
Company
Limited
incorporated
for
authoring
and
producing songs sued Warid Telecom (U) Ltd for damages for
infringement of several pieces of their artistic work as caller tunes.
The Plaintiff which has been in existence since 2004 has authored
and produced several songs some of which are ‘Feel Me’ ‘Mwekute’
‘Wekume’ ‘Jukila’ ‘Jump’ and others whose copyright brought them
into the bracket of their intellectual property. Being their intellectual
property, it is only them who could assign, transfer, license, lease,
sell, rent or consent to any use of those products. It is the Plaintiff’s
claim that in 2008, without their permission, the Defendant recorded
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