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NOVA DESIGN BUILD, INC. v. GRACE HOTELS, LLC

No. 10-1738.

652 F.3d 814 (2011)

NOVA DESIGN BUILD, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GRACE HOTELS, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. Himanshu J. Modi, Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Spathis (argued), Attorney, Shaw Gussis Fishman Glantz Wolfson & Towbin LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant and Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel L. Kegan (argued), Attorney, Kegan & Kegan, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case is about an architectural agreement that went sour. The parties, Grace Hotels LLC and Nova Design Build, Inc. (plus its owner, Himanshu Modi) have been locked in a dispute over the validity of Nova's design copyright, Grace's alleged infringement, and the scope of an agreement relating to the designs. After examining the complaint carefully, we are satisfied that it arises under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 504, and thus that...

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