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Copyright Infringement: Nigerian Court Remands Businessman In Prison Pending Bail Application

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A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, ordered that a businessman, Chidi Ofoekwe, charged with alleged Copyrights infringement be remanded in prison custody, pending bail application.

The accused is charged with 24 counts bordering on Copyright infringement.

The prosecution alleged that the accused conspired with others now at large, to sell copies of volume I and II of the popular Nigeria Weekly Law Reports 2015, which copy right subsist, in favour of Nigeria Law Publications Ltd.

The offence contravenes the provisions of sections 20(2) of the Copy Rights Act, Cap C28, Laws of the Federaltion, 2004.

In the 24 count charge filed by the prosecutor, Mr Emmanuel Eze, the accused was said to have committed the offence between January and August 2017, at Legal Crest Ltd located in Lagos.

The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

After his plea taken, Justice Muslim Hassan, adjourned the case until Nov. 20 for hearing of the bail application of the accused.

(NAN)

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