Real Estate Brokers To High Court: Floor Plans Do Not Infringe Home Designs

Mealey's (March 17, 2022, 8:24 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two real estate brokerage firms filed a petition for certiorari on March 4, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to find that floor plan drawings they made of two homes constitute “pictorial representations” under the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act (AWCPA) and, thus, are exempt from findings of copyright infringement, contrary to a ruling by the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....