Columbia House of Brokers Realty, Inc., dba House of Brokers, Inc., dba Jackie Bulgin & Associates, et al., Petitioners v. Designworks Homes, Inc., et al.

  1. June 27, 2022

    Justices Decline Case Challenging Copyright For Floor Plans

    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.

  2. June 08, 2022

    Justices Told To Let Architecture Copyright Issue 'Percolate'

    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.

  3. March 14, 2022

    Justices Told 8th Circ. Copyright Ruling Hurts Many Industries

    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."