NICHOLLS v. TUFENKIAN IMPORT/EXPORT VENTURES, INC.

No. 04 Civ. 2110(JCF).

367 F.Supp.2d 514 (2005)

David Shaw NICHOLLS, Plaintiff, v. TUFENKIAN IMPORT/EXPORT VENTURES, INC., d/b/a Tufenkian Carpets and James Tufenkian, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

March 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Moskin, White & Case LLP (NY), New York, NY, for plaintiff.

Michael Barry Carlinsky, Margaret Mary Caruso, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP(NYC), New York, NY, Robert William Clarida, Jason David Sanders, Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., New York, NY for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FRANCIS, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case concerns the application of modern copyright law to designs embodied in an ancient medium: carpets. The plaintiff, David Shaw Nicholls, alleges that the defendants, Tufenkian Import/Export Ventures, Inc., d/b/a Tufenkian Carpets, and its principal, James Tufenkian, infringed his "Prado" design with two similar designs known as "Eclipse" and "Total Eclipse," and thereby...

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