When Reusing Designs, Risk of Copyright Infringement Exists
By Rory J. Radding
In a time of high costs, credit uncertainty and a desire by some developers to either reuse past architectural plans or use other developers’ designs to save money, a question arises about whether builders can utilize plans created by architects who are no longer engaged in a project. This also leads to the question of how developers or architects can protect themselves from theft of their designs. Copyright law suggests that the answers to these questions may depend on how detailed the plans are.
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