Legal Opinion
Boisson v. Banian, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 3, 2001No. Docket No. 00-7300PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Judi Boisson and her wholly-owned company, American Country Quilts and Linens, Inc., d/b/a Judi Boisson American Country, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Platt, J.), alleging that defendants Vijay Rao and his wholly-owned company Banian Ltd., illegally copied two quilt designs for which plaintiffs had obtained copyright registrations. Following a bench trial, the trial court, in *266denying the claims of copyright infringement, ruled that defendants’ quilts were not substantially similar to what it deemed…
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