Indiana Federal Judge Rejects Copyright Claims Over Pontoon Boat Designs

Mealey's (August 24, 2017, 12:07 PM EDT) -- SOUTH BEND, Ind. — In an Aug. 22 ruling, an Indiana federal judge dismissed allegations that a defendant violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512 et seq., and the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq., when it applied certain graphic designs to pontoon boats because the complaint fails to allege with specificity the nature of the copyrighted work (The Art of Design Inc. v. Pontoon Boat LLC, et al., No. 16-595, N.D. Ind., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133672)....

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