United States Eleventh Circuit
Intervest Constr., Inc. v. Canterbury Estate Homes, Inc., 0712596
In a copyright infringement action alleging that district court erred in its examination of the two-floor plan at issue, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where: 1) the floor plans at issue were protected by compilation copyrights which were "thin"; and 2) the district court correctly determined that the differences in the protectable expression were so significant that, as a matter of law, no reasonable properly-instructed jury of lay observers could find the works substantially similar.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/22/2008
- Published 12/22/2008
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Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit