Although copyright protection in the United States was extended to architectural works in 1990, this protection has become increasingly narrow. A recently issued Eleventh Circuit opinion, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Inc. v. Jewel Homes, LLC, affirmed a ruling on summary judgment of no copyright infringement, despite the fact that there was evidence the architectural plan at issue had been copied. Has protection for architectural works waned since it was created in 1990, or is there something else at issue?
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