United States Fifth Circuit

Where plaintiff has raised a genuine issue of material fact as to whether a particular rug design was widely disseminated among those involved in the United States rug trade, summary judgment for defendant on the issue of copyright infringement is inappropriate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2001
• Published 01/24/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen G. Bullock (argued), Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, Lamar Merriott Richardson, Mandeville, LA, for Peel & Co., Inc., Ellis B. Murov (argued), Charles Frederick Seemann, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Rug Market.