California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of plaintiff's action against the private defendants, arising out of the county defendants' decision to contract with the private defendants for development of a historic hotel, after first contracting with plaintiff, is: 1) reversed in part, with regard to the cause of action for conversion of architectural plans, because it is not an action for copyright infringement but for conversion of a particular object on which a copyrightable work is imbedded, and it is therefore not preempted by federal copyright law; but 2) otherwise affirmed, with regard to the remaining claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2013
• Published 08/08/2013

Judges

• HULL

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel