Legal Opinion
Pivot Point International, Incorporated, Cross-Appellee v. Charlene Products, Incorporated and Peter Yau
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2004No. 01-3888, 02-1152PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Pivot Point International, Inc. (“Pivot Point”), brought this cause of action against Charlene Products, Inc., and its president Peter Yau (collectively “Charlene”), for copyright infringement pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 501(b). The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants on the ground that the copied subject matter, a mannequin head, was not copyrightable under the Copyright Act of 1976 (“1976 Act”), 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand the case for proceedings…
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