UGOCHUKWU V. NIGERIAN COPYRIGHT COMMISSION

BALKISU BELLO ALIYU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, delivered on the 1st July, 2020 in respect of Charge NO: FHC/UY/53C/2015, containing two counts that read as follows: 

COUNT ONE 

That you Mr. Chinonso Ugochukwu, male, trading under the name and style of DE-CHITEZ Bookshop, of NO. 17 Grace Bill Road, in Akwa Ibom State on or about the 13th day of August 2014, within the Uyo Judicial division of the Federal High Court of Nigeria did expose and offer for sale for the purpose of trade or business 578 (five hundred and seventy eight) infringing copies of various literary works which titles include but are not limited to Holy Bible (Revised Standard), Progressive mathematics book 1 (JSS), Technical Drawing for School certificate and GCE, Eze Goes to School, ICT Model Questions and Answers, A-Z of JAMB’s Use of English, 21st Century Dictionary e.t.c. in which copyrights subsist in favou…