Legal Opinion
Hodge E. Mason and Hodge Mason Maps, Inc. v. Montgomery Data, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1992No. 91-2305PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Hodge E. Mason, Hodge Mason Maps, Inc., and Hodge Mason Engineers, Inc. (collectively Mason) sued Montgomery Data, Inc. (MDI), Landata, Inc. of Houston (Lan-data), and Conroe Title & Abstract Co. (Conroe Title), claiming that the defendants infringed Mason’s copyrights on 233 real estate ownership maps of Montgomery County, Texas. The district court initially held that Mason cannot recover statutory damages or attorney’s fees for any infringement of 232 of the copyrights. The court later held that Mason’s maps are not copyrightable under the idea/expression merger…
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- Walt Disney Company v. Carl PowellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
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