October 06, 2015
A federal judge declined to rule Monday that a Georgia flooring company infringed a copyright-protected design for wooden floor panels — just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider whether the design was eligible for copyright protection in the first place.
July 03, 2014
A Georgia federal judge on Thursday ended a copyright dispute between two laminate flooring manufacturers whose products purport to resemble rustic, aged wooden floors, ruling that designs copying elements in nature are not eligible for copyright protection.