Classic Concepts, Inc. v. Linen Source, Inc.

Opinion by Judge ZOUHARY; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT.

OPINION

ZOUHARY, District Judge:

This copyright lawsuit arose when Plaintiff-Appellant Classic Concepts, Inc. (“Classic”) filed complaints against Defendants-Appellees Hellenic Rug Imports, Inc. (“Hellenic”) and Linen Source, Inc. (“Linen Source”) (collectively, “Defendants”), alleging Defendants infringed Classic’s “diamond kilim” design by selling rugs and other home goods bearing the design. In August 2007, after a ten-day trial, a jury found that Hellenic and Linen Source infringed Classic’s copyright of the diamond kilim design and…