Legal Opinion
Savant Homes, Inc. v. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2016No. 15-1115PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHESON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Savant Home, Inc. (“Savant”) is a custom home designer and builder. It holds a registered copyright to a floor plan of a three-bedroom ranch house (“Anders Plan”). Savant built a model house embodying that plan in Windsor, Colorado (“Savant house”). In June 2009, Ron and Tammie Wagner toured the Savant house and hired builder Douglas Collins and his firm, Douglas Consulting, LLC (jointly, “Collins”) to build a house. Collins, in turn, contracted with Stewart King to design the house. After Collins and Mr. King completed the Wagners’ house, Ms. Wagner hired…
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