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Lennar Homes of Texas Sales & Marketing, Ltd. v. Perry Homes, LLC

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided July 24, 2015No. Civil Action No. H-14-1094PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*920 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIM LAKE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Lennar Homes of Texas Sales and Marketing, Ltd. (“Lennar”) brought this copyright action against Perry Homes, LLC (“Perry”) alleging that two of Perry’s townhome designs infringe on Lennar’s copyrighted works. Pending before the court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket Entry No. 22). For the reasons stated below, Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment will be granted, and this action will be dismissed.

I. Background

Lennar and Perry are competing home-builders. In 2018 Lennar contracted to build townhomes in Phase…

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