Looney Ricks Kiss Architects, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:

Looney Ricks Kiss Architects (“LRK”), an architecture firm, brought this action for copyright infringement against a former client, Steve Bryan, and his affiliated building companies (collectively, “the Bryan defendants”). Lafayette Insurance Company (“Lafayette”) and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (“State Farm”), insurers of Bryan’s Cypress Lake Development, sought declaratory judgments that, by virtue of exclusions set forth in their respective insurance policies, they have no obligation to provide coverage or duty to defend in LRK’s suit. LRK appeals…