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CACC 448/2003
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF APPEAL
criminal APPEAL NO.448 OF 2003
(ON APPEAL FROM DCCC 433 of 2003)
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BETWEEN
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HKSAR |
Respondent |
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ELEGANT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (D2)
(利宏科技有限公司) |
Applicant |
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Before: Hon Stuart-Moore VP, Hartmann and Lugar-Mawson JJ
Date of Hearing: 3 November 2004
Date of Judgment: 3 November 2004
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J U D G M E N T
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Stuart-Moore, VP (giving the judgment of the Court):
1. This is an application under section 32(2) of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, Cap. 484, for a certificate that a point of great and general importance was involved in the judgment of this court which was handed down on 6 May 2004.
2. The proposed questions of law, as set out in the Notice of Motion dated 14 May 2004, are as follows:
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Whether a bare assertion by a witness called by the prosecution that he or his principal was the copyright owner of a work would suffice to prove copyright ownership and copyright subsistence in the work. |
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Whether on an appeal an Applicant is barred from relying on points or arguments that were different or were not consistent with the lines of defence used at the trial. |
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Whether the Applicant be invited to or entitled to make submissions before decision on the point (ii) above.” |
3. We do not consider that these points of law justify the granting of a certificate. Accordingly, we decline to certify and the application is dismissed.
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(M.J. Hartmann) |
(G.J. Lugar-Mawson) |
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Judge of the Court of First Instance |
Judge of the Court of First Instance |
Mr Simon Kwan, SGC, of the Department of Justice, for the Respondent.
Mr Giles Surman, instructed by Messrs Pang, Wan & Choi, for D2/Applicant.
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