Copyright, Contract Issues Argued In High Court Architectural Design Dispute

Mealey's (March 13, 2018, 1:10 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the filing of a March 7 reply, briefing concluded in the petition stage of an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in which a restaurant owner and an architectural firm debate the application of the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act (AWCPA) in a dispute over whether an implied license permitted the purported use of copyrighted architectural plans after the plan designer’s involvement with a construction project ended (Frost-Tsuji Architects v. Highway Inn Inc., et al., No. 17-1025, U.S. Sup.)....