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193458P.pdf 08/19/2021 Designworks Homes, Inc. v. Thomson Sailors Homes, L.L.C
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 19-3458
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Gruender and Arnold, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Copyrights. In this copyright infringement action, there was
no direct evidence that defendants copied plaintiff's home design, nor was
there evidence of substantial similarity of expression in the designs;the
district court did not err in granting defendants' motion for summary
judgment as the works were so dissimilar that reasonable minds could not
differ as to the absence of substantial similarity in expression; the
district court's award of attorneys' fees and costs to defendants is
affirmed.