Injunction on Christmas Light Sculptures Deemed Properly Lifted

A holiday lights show company failed to convince the Sixth Circuit to reinstate an injunction on light sculptures that allegedly infringed its copyright.

Enchant Christmas Light Maze & Market Ltd. didn’t show it would likely prevail in its copyright suit against Glowco LLC, a company operated by someone who had previously worked with Enchant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said Thursday in affirming a lower court ruling. Enchant also failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without an injunction, the court said.

The opinion shows that general ideas and scenes common to nature, such as ...