Copyright & Architectural Plans, 7 Tips

Recently, The Island Packet reported that the architectural firm that designed the original residence halls at University of South Carolina Beaufort’s Hilton Head Gateway campus filed a lawsuit alleging the school and a local construction company violated its architectural copyrights on building designs when they built newer dorms in a similar style.

Architectural copyrights can be clear as dishwater, which makes analyzing a claim of infringement quite difficult.

Here are 7 things you need to know about architectural copyrights: (more…)