Legal Opinion
Nicholls v. Tufenkian Import/Export Ventures, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 11, 2005No. 04 Civ. 2110(JCF)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FRANCIS, United States Magistrate Judge.
This case concerns the application of modern copyright law to designs embodied in an ancient medium: carpets. The plaintiff, David Shaw Nicholls, alleges that the defendants, Tufenkian Import/Export Ventures, Inc., d/b/a Tufenkian Carpets, and its principal, James Tufenkian, infringed his “Prado” design with two similar designs known as “Eclipse” and “Total Eclipse,” and thereby violated the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq. This case initially went to trial before the Honorable William H. Pauley III, U.S.D.J.,…
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