From Godwin Tsa AbujaThe Court of Appeal has dismissed an interlocutory appeal filed by the Copyright Society of Nigeria Ltd/Gte (COSON) against the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), affirming a Federal High Court ruling that refused to grant COSON an injunction against the Commission. The appeal stemmed from COSON’s substantive suit challenging aspects of the Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) Regulations, 2007. The Federal High Court refused the application in a ruling delivered on December 1, 2021, holding that an interlocutory injunction cannot restrain an act already completed. Since COSON’s approval had already lapsed, the injunction sought would have altered rather than preserved the status quo. The Court of Appeal accordingly dismissed the appeal for lack of merit and affirmed the Federal High Court’s ruling.