Builder Appeals Home Plan ‘Thin’ Copyright Protection To U.S. Supreme Court

Mealey's (October 13, 2017, 12:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A homebuilder in a Sept. 14 petition for certiorari asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that it says devalues architectural plan copyrights, simultaneously arguing that the disposition of its infringement suit via summary judgment deprived it of the right to a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Arthur Rutenberg Homes Inc., et al. v. Jewel Homes LLC, et al., No. 17-511, U.S. Sup.)....