Amicus Curiae Filers Support Supreme Court Review Of Intervest In Copyright Suit

(March 1, 2017, 3:43 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a dispute over an architectural floor plan, amicus curiae filers who are involved in the development, creation and marketing of “architectural works” in a Feb. 6 brief argue in support of the U.S. Supreme Court considering a petition to decide if Intervest Construction Inc. v. Canterbury Estate Homes Inc. should be overruled in light of conflicting precedent from other appellate courts, which hold that architectural works are entitled to the same protection as other copyrightable, original works under the Federal Copyright Act (Home Design Services Inc. v. Turner Heritage Homes Inc., et al., No. 16-858, U.S. Sup.)....