The office of public prosecution accused a defendant of violating intellectual property rights and selling a workbook without the approval of its owner. The office requested the court to penalize the defendant according to the relevant laws.

The court ruled that the defendant should pay a fine of 5000 Dinars. The court also ruled that the workbooks and the equipment used to produce them should be confiscated. The court also ruled that the enterprise owned by the defendant should be closed for two months.

The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal. The court upheld the appealed ruling.

The defendant appealed the ruling before the court of cassation. They said in their grounds of appeal that the ruling had erred in the application of law. They said that the criminal element of the crime had not existed in their case.