Legal Opinion
Demetriades v. Kaufmann
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 8, 1988No. 88 Civ. 0848 (GLG)PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
Certain of the defendants in this case have admitted to the unauthorized copying of plaintiffs’ architectural plans, which have been granted a Federal copyright. There is little doubt that such acts constitute copyright infringement. The more difficult and novel inquiry presented by this case is whether construction of a residential home, designed primarily from the infringing copies of plaintiffs’ plans, also violates either Federal copyright law or Federal or State law against unfair competition. These questions appear to be matters of first impression for…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Polaroid Corporation v. Polarad Electronics CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Mazer v. SteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Thomas Walker v. Time Life Films, Inc., David Susskind, Gill Champion, Martin Richards and Heywood GouldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by38 opinions
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