Legal Opinion
Peel & Company Inc v. Rug Market
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 24, 2001No. 99-31051PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Peel & Company, Inc. (“Peel”) appeals the summary judgment dismissal of its claim of copyright infringement. We reverse and remand for further proceedings by the district court.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In 1991, Peel designed a rug and named it “Direetoire” for the early Eighteenth Century French historical period that inspired the rug’s pattern. The design, later copyrighted, features two rows of panels, each of which is decorated with a central floral design and trompe I’oeil 1 triangular shading intended to suggest a coffered ceiling. The Direetoire…
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