June 27, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take a case Monday from a group of real estate companies that argued the Eighth Circuit wrongly found floor plans one firm included in marketing materials amounted to architectural drawings protected by copyright.
June 08, 2022
An architect has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a group of real estate companies' appeal of an Eighth Circuit ruling that architectural floor plans are subject to copyright protection, saying the issue hasn't had enough time to "percolate" at the circuit court level.
March 14, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to overturn an Eighth Circuit ruling that architectural floor plans are subject to copyright protection, with a group of real estate companies arguing that the appeals court's decision will "seriously harm multiple national industries."