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Use of Floorplans in Real Estate Listings is Permissible Under U.S. Copyright Law

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Floor plans are a key part of real estate listings, providing fundamental information about the layout of a building to prospective buyers or renters. But home designer Charles James and his company Designworks Homes, Inc....more

Stoel Rives LLP

License to Build: The Importance of License Terms in Design Agreements

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Plans, drawings, and related design documents are needed at all stages of a construction project, from early concepts and permitting to site preparation and construction itself. Many professionals in construction and property...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

A Rare Hole-in-One for Copyright Protection?

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A new bipartisan bill relating to copyright protection may be a hole-in-one for golf course architects and owners....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Suit for Copyright Infringement of Architectural Plans Allowed to Move Forward

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In a September 22 decision, District Judge David J. Novak denied the bulk of a motion to dismiss a suit alleging that a general contractor had infringed an architectural firm’s copyright on design plans for a brewery and...more

Smart & Biggar

Structural engineers score big as Federal Court recognizes and enforces copyright on structure of soccer complex

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On September 12, 2017, the Federal Court issued its decision in Lainco Inc v Commission Scolaire Des Bois-Francs et al, 2017 CF 825, confirming that the plaintiff’s steel structure for an indoor soccer complex could benefit...more

Snell & Wilmer

A House of Cards: How Much Copyright Protection Remains for Architectural Works

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Although copyright protection in the United States was extended to architectural works in 1990, this protection has become increasingly narrow. A recently issued Eleventh Circuit opinion, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc. v. Jewel...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Delivering Architectural Plans May Create Implied License - Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc.

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Where an architectural draftsman left his design firm mid-project and later used partial plans drawn during his employment to complete the project, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the ruling that the...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

What Makes a Copy-Cat a Copy-Cat? The Complex Case of Architectural Copyright

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When an eminent jurist asks, “What does a copyright of an architectural work truly protect?” you may be certain the question is not rhetorical. The U.S. Copyright Act does provide protection from infringement for...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Architecture of Copyright

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This summer, Pacific Standard Time’s world-class exhibits highlight the architecture that gives Southern California its unique reputation for modern but relaxed style. This series of exhibits, a Getty initiative, titled...more

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