Thursday, January 23, 2014, 7:04 AM

The Powder Room Is On The Left

Originally published in Business Alabama.

Homebuilders guard their home plans like buried treasure. So not surprisingly, plans for “production homes”—those constructed according to stock plans rather than custom-designed—frequently end up as the subject of copyright infringement disputes.

Womble Carlyle attorney Mitch Tuchman explores the ways in which federal courts are resolving these copyright infringement matters in a new article for Business Alabama. In particular, the 11th Circuit (Alabama, Georgia and Florida) has developed a distinctive approach, turning to dissimilarities between plans to determine whether infringement exists.

Tuchman discusses the recent Jeff Belton Homes v. Alabama Heritage Homes Case, which may give guidance for how Alabama’s federal courts will handle future litigation.

Attorney Caine O’Rear at Hand Arendall LLC introduced Tuchman to the editor of Business Alabama.

Click here to read “The Powder Room is on the Left” in Business Alabama.

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