Ale House Management, Inc. v. Raleigh Ale House, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that the concept of using an island to separate a seating area in architectural drawings “is nothing more than a concept, as distinct from an original form of expression, and is not copyrightable”
• “But in comparing two plans, the size and proportion of the seating areas are dissimilar, as is the placement of the pool tables.”
• “Relevant factors include ‘economic No. 93-1400 (1974), reprinted in 1974 U.S.C.C.A.N. 7132, coercion,’ ‘groundless arguments,’ and failure to cite 7136. controlling law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).