Norma Ribbon & Trimming, Inc., Plaintiff-Counter v. John D. Little, John D. Little and Lorianne Little, Defendants-Counter

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in a copyright infringement action. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Vela, J.), concluding that counter-plaintiffs John D. Little and Lorianne Little could not establish ownership of valid copyrights, dismissed their infringement action ' against counter-defendant Norma Ribbon & Trimming, Inc. (“Norma Ribbon”). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

At issue herein are asserted copyrights on ribbon flowers, artificial flowers made of twisted ribbon that may be attached as decoration to…