Legal Opinion
Home Design Services, Inc. v. Turner Heritage Homes, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided March 31, 2015No. Case No. 4:08cv355/MCR/CASPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
M. CASEY RODGERS, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Home Design Services, Inc. (“Home Design”) filed this suit against Defendants for copyright infringement of an architectural home design titled “HDS-2089,” claiming that Defendants built 165 infringing homes as part of their “Lau*1205rent” and “Dakota” designs based on slightly modified copies of the HDS-2089. A five-day jury trial was held in March 2014, with a focus on whether the Laurent and Dakota designs were sufficiently similar to the HDS-2089 to constitute infringement.1 The jury returned a verdict in favor of Home Design, finding that HDS-2089…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Williams v. First Advantage LNS Screening Solutions, Inc.District Court, N.D. Florida · 2017
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