No ‘Reasonable Access’ to Copyrighted Home Designs 
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Published: February 27, 2013
Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Intellectual Property, Judge Andre M. Davis
Although plaintiff architecture firm had its copyrighted designs for three home models – the Chadwyck, the Ballantrae and the Springfield, online and had cut sheets and sales handouts available for the Chadwyck, the firm nevertheless failed to show that defendant builder had access to the copyrighted designs through defendant’s own due diligence or otherwise had ...
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