Copyright Infringement Risks
Roberts, David A. of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP
A replacement general contractor and replacement architect on the renovation of a single-family residence were rece.
Copyright Form Letter: Useful Articles
Library of Congress Copyright Office O. R. Material
This publication explains how copyright protection may be extended if features can be identified as existing independently of the utilitarian object in which they are embodied.
LLP: Owner vs. Architect: Who Owns the Design?
Mary Cullen Yeager and Katherine A. Golden of Faegre & Benson LLP
Both the copyright laws and the AIA Owner-Architect Agreement, B141-1997, provide significant protections to the author of an architectural work. Owners would be wise to negotiate alternative language that provides for the transfer of ownership of the documents and the copyright to the owner, or at least expands upon the license for use provided for in the contract.
Time to Reconsider Registered Designs?
Jones Day
New registered design regulations came into force in the UK on 9 December 2001. The new regulations implement EU Directive 98/71/EC and aim to harmonise certain key elements of the various national registered designs systems across Europe and to amend the existing regime under the Registered Designs Act 1949. This article summarises the key changes.
What's mine is mine: Impact of Copyright Law on Ownership of Design Professionals' Plans
Malcolm B. Jacobson of Powell, Trachtman, Logan, Carrle & Lombardo P.C.
”First, it seems odd, bordering on obtuse, for an architect to retain counsel wholly inexperienced in copyright mat.