Friday, November 22, 2013

Can you copyright a building? The answer may surprise you.

By DAVID CHRISTOPHER BAKER, ESQ.

A November 8, 2013 decision by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a $3.2 million damages award for copyright infringement in favor of an architectural firm against a home-building firm in which a jury determined that Design Homes, L.P had infringed the copyrighted architectural drawings of Kipp Flores Architects, L.L.C.

 

For more on the ruling, check out attorney Harriet Thomas Ivy’s article on JDSupra Law News at http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/builder-beware-does-your-project-infrin-66896/?utm_source=LU_Emails.

Mr. Baker is head of the Intellectual Property Law Department and a partner at Hart, King & Coldren, a full service law firm located in Orange County, California.  If you would like to contact him, send an e-mail to dbaker@hkclaw.com or call him at (714) 432-8700.

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