Case: Copyrights/Attorneys’ Fees (8th Cir.)

April 6, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in Missouri granting Columbia House of Brokers Realty Inc. and others attorneys’ fees in Designworks Homes Inc.'s copyright infringement action relating to floorplans of homes in resale listings. The appeals court said that Designworks didn’t show that the district court made a clearly erroneous factual finding or that its decision relied on an erroneous legal conclusion.

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