United States Sixth Circuit
Tiseo Architects, Inc v. B & B Pools Serv. & Supply Co., 06-1819
In a suit alleging that an architect copied another architect's design and site plan drawings, judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the district court properly analyzed the similarity of the works after filtering out the unprotectable elements of the original drawings; and 2) plaintiff's Lanham Act claim failed because it merely paralleled the copyright claim.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/27/2007
- Published 07/27/2007
Judges
- Before: ROGERS and COOK, Circuit Judges; DOWD, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ON BRIEF: Frederick F. Butters, Thomas M. Keranen & Associates, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant. Eugene S. Hoiby, Eugene S. Hoiby & Associates, Livonia, Michigan, for Appellee.