Miller's Ale House, Inc. v. Boynton Carolina Ale House, Inc.

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• stating that, due to the “thin” copyright protection afforded architectural works, any differences between two floor plans “would weigh heavily against a finding of substantial similarity”
• affirming district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant due to differences in the respective floor plans, despite similarities in their general layouts
• “For purposes of issue preclusion, an 7 assignee of a trademark steps into the shoes of the assignor.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “We apply issue preclusion when [] the issue at stake is identical to the one involved in the prior litigation . . . .”
• providing the four conditions for collateral estoppel
• providing the four conditions for collateral estoppel

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