26 Jun 1996
THE QUEEN v. MEGABYTE MAGNETIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- THE QUEEN v. MEGABYTE MAGNETIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA216/1996
On the facts the appellants made the enquiries that the law required under s5(1): they sought documentary licence confirmation from the Belgian principal, received letters purporting to licence copying and accept responsibility, and obtained acceptance by a Shenzhen producer that appeared reputable; in absence of circumstances that should have made them wary, those enquiries and the documentation sufficed to show on the balance of probabilities that they did not know and had no reason to believe the copies infringed copyright, therefore the statutory defence succeeded and convictions must be…