The respondent was a South African publisher of a variety of literary works including dictionaries, in this case for useby school learners. The applicant also published dictionaries for the local market through one of its trading arms.Alleging that the respondent had copied certain of its earlier titles, thereby breaching its rights of copyright underthe Copyright Act 98 of 1978, the applicant applied for interdictory relief restraining the respondent from infringingits copyright