Legal Opinion
BUC International Corp. v. International Yacht Council Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 2007No. 04-13653PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this copyright infringement case, the plaintiff claimed copyright protection of a factual compilation — specifically, the selection, order, and arrangement of information about yachts listed for sale — vis a vis the defendants’ competing factual compilation, which came onto the scene after the plaintiff had obtained certificates of copyright registration. The case was tried to a jury, which found for the plaintiff. The defendants now appeal. 1 They raise several issues, among them whether the court erred in instructing the jury that it could find copyright…
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