At the centre of the present dispute were two bilingual dictionaries translating between English and Afrikaans. Thefirst such dictionary to be published by either of the parties was published by a predecessor of the appellant("Media24") in 1993. It was republished in 2006 under a new name, referred to by the court as the"Aanleerderswoordeboek". The respondent ("OUP") published its work (the Oxford Woordeboek) in 2007. The twodictionaries were competitors in the market place