Legal Opinion
American Century Home Fabrics, Inc. v. Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 10, 2007No. Civil Action 06-10932-JLTPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
Background
Introduction
Plaintiff American Century Home Fabrics, Inc., manufactures and sells fabric to retailers and furniture makers. Plaintiff owns a number of copyrighted designs. One design that Plaintiff sells is its Union design. Plaintiff alleges that in 2004, Defendant Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc. (“Ashley”) purchased a sample of the Union pattern from Plaintiff and then shopped it to Zheijang Yulong Industry Co., Ltd. (“Yulong”) for duplication and reproduction. Plaintiff charges that Ashley then began selling fabric with a design substantially…
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