United States First Circuit
T-Peg, Inc. v. Vermont Timber Works, Inc., 05-2866
Summary judgment for defendant in an architectural copyright infringement suit is reversed where copyright protection in architectural works covers the overall form as well as the arrangement and composition of spaces and elements in the design, thus there was a genuine issue of material fact concerning substantial similarity to plaintiff's design.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/18/2006
- Published 08/18/2006
Judges
- LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA, LYNCH, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Daniel E. Will, with whom Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A. was on brief, for appellants.
- For Appellees:
- W.E. Whittington, with whom Whittington Law Associates, PLLC was on brief, for appellees.