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Copyright Copyright Infringement Construction Industry

A Copyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the creator of an original work to license, copy, sell, distribute, or otherwise exploit the work for his or her own benefit.
Snell & Wilmer

A House of Cards: How Much Copyright Protection Remains for Architectural Works

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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...more

K&L Gates LLP

Tamawood v Habitare: A Recent Australian Decision on Copyright Infringement in Building Designs

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Early last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia (Full Court) delivered its judgment in the case of Tamawood v Habitare Developments, a copyright infringement case in respect of project home designs. Habitare...more

Carlton Fields

Playing with House Money: Fifth Circuit Holds that Home Designs Can Constitute Advertisements

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Insurers – who bear the burden of crafting unambiguous policy language defining the contours of coverage – constantly face difficulty in attempting to predict unexpected liability. And sometimes, Courts can make this job far...more

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Can A House Be An Advertisement? The 5th Circ. Thinks So

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In the world of general liability insurance policies, it is not uncommon for policies to exclude coverage for claims resulting from copyright or trademark infringement, while covering claims resulting from “advertising...more

Bilzin Sumberg

The Need for Homebuilder Vigilance About Copyrights

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Are homebuilders as vigilant as they should be in protecting their intellectual property rights — including the copyrights that qualifying architectural drawings and structures receive automatically as a matter of law, even...more

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