Legal Opinion
Imperial Residential Design, Inc. v. Palms Development Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1995No. Nos. 93-2309, 93-2400 and 93-2672PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
This action is a copyright infringement action brought by Regal Classic Homes as the alleged transferee of the ownership of copyright in a home design. Regal appeals the district court’s order on remand that Regal lacked standing to sue defendants for copyright infringement. We reverse and remand.
FACTS
In 1988, Michael McGuffie, president of Regal Classic Homes (“Regal”), a housing development company, met with residential designer Donald Wilson, the president of Imperial Residential Design (“Imperial”), and asked him to design floor plans for a model single-family home. The design was to be…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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