Legal Opinion
Robert R. Jones Associates, Inc. v. Nino Homes, Michele Lochirco, Diebele-Ginter
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1988No. 87-1494PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Nino Homes and Michele Lochirco appeal the judgment entered by the district court in favor of Robert R. Jones Associates, Inc. The district court held that Nino Homes and Lochirco had violated the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., by copying Jones Associates’ registered architectural drawings and by using those unauthorized copies to construct several houses, and the district court awarded Jones Associates actual damages, attorneys’ fees, and prejudgment interest, 686 F.Supp. 160. This appeal presents a rather unusual question: whether the…
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