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Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc.

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Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., et al. (2008)
the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
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528 F.3d 1258 (10th Cir. 2008)

In this copyright law opinion, the Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's opinion that 3D models of physical objects, if faithfully and accurately representing the original, are not original enough to warrant copyright protection.

481019Meshwerks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., et al. — Syllabusthe United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

528 F.3d 1258

Meshwerks, Inc.

v.

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., et al.

No. 06-4222

United States Court of Appeals,
Tenth Circuit.

FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit

June 17, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court

PUBLISH

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT


MESHWERKS, INC., a Utah corporation,

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A ., INC., a California corporation; GRACE & WILD, a Michigan corporation doing business as Division X; 3D RECON, a Utah limited liability company; SAATCHI & SAATCHI NORTH AMERICA, a California corporation,

Defendants - Appellees.





No. 06-4222


Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Utah
(D.C. No. 2:06-CV-97-TC)



Lewis M. Francis (Jerome Romero with him on the briefs) of Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough PC, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brian D. Wassom of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan (Michael A. Lisi of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, Michigan and Arthur B. Berger of Ray Quinney & Nebeker P.C ., Salt Lake City, Utah, with him on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Toyota Motor Sales, Inc., Grace & Wild, Inc. and Saatchi & Saatchi North America, Inc.

Stephen Quesenberry and J. Bryan Quesenberry of Hill, Johnson & Schmutz, Provo, Utah, for Defendant-Appellee 3D Recon, LLC.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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