Legal Opinion
Design Basics, LLC v. Lexington Homes, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 2017No. 16-3817PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
This copyright suit shows the difficulty in finding protected creative expression in a crowded field, in this case, architectural design of single-family homes. The case also shows the challenge in administering intellectual property law to discourage so-called intellectual property “trolls” while protecting genuine creativity.
Plaintiffs Design Basics, LLC; Prime Designs, Inc.; and Plan Pro, Inc. (collectively, “Design Basics”) and their affiliates claim rights to some 2700 home designs. They sued defendants Lexington Homes, Inc. and related parties (collectively,…
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